Words / A2

WEEKL-ee/ˈwiːkli/

Weekly means once a week: a weekly class, weekly shopping, a weekly magazine. Daily is every day; monthly is once a month. Weekly can also be an adverb (we meet weekly). Do not write weakly (in a weak way) — same sound in some accents, different spelling.

Meaning

Happening once a week.

Examples

• “There is a weekly market in the square.”
• “The weekly market sells cheese and bread.”
• “She writes a weekly email to her parents.”

Good to know

a weekly class / magazine. Daily = every day; monthly = once a month. Mix-up: weakly.

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