Weekly has 7 different meanings across 4 categories:
Noun · Adjective · Adverb · Proper Noun
a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
"I subscribe to a weekly magazine that features in-depth interviews with local artists."
A publication that is published once a week.
"She enjoys flipping through her favorite weekly magazine every Sunday morning to catch up on the latest news and recipes."
In plain English: A weekly is something that happens once every seven days.
"The magazine's weekly features local news and sports updates."
Of or relating to a week.
"The weekly newsletter arrives every Monday morning with updates from the editorial team."
In plain English: Weekly means happening once every seven days.
"We meet for coffee every week to catch up on our lives."
Usage: Use weekly as an adjective before nouns, such as in a weekly meeting, rather than after them unless preceded by the verb be. It describes events that happen every seven days and is often confused with daily when referring to frequency intervals.
Once every week.
"I check my email weekly to stay updated on new job openings."
In plain English: Weekly means something that happens once every seven days.
"We meet weekly to review our project progress."
A surname.
"The weekly family has been living in our neighborhood for three generations."
The word weekly comes from Middle English, formed by combining "week" with a suffix to mean "occurring every week." It traveled into modern English directly from that earlier form without changing its core meaning.