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“Weakly” or “Weekly”

Overview

weakly / weekly are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

weakly: (adverb) in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree.

weekly: (noun) a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year). (adjective) of or occurring every seven days.

Pronunciation

weakly: w·IY·k·l·iy

weekly: w·IY·k·l·iy

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Examples in Context

Examples of “weakly”

  • weaker condition to be called "weakly exact."
  • at the base and spread weakly.
  • The dorsolateral fold is weakly developed and supratympanic fold is
  • premixed turbulent flames in the weakly wrinkled regime" Combustion and Flame,
  • the tribe Arctotideae was only weakly supported as monophyletic, but its
  • the acid results in a weakly acidic salt.
  • But the political ambience is weakly conveyed in comparison with Bertolucci's
  • Grammars, and Head Grammars are weakly equivalent formalisms, in that they
  • the active ingredient; protocurine only weakly toxic, and protocuridine non-toxic) comprising
  • Both weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) and

Examples of “weekly”

  • Weekly scheduling cycles to achieve level-loading
  • Weekly charts
  • Publishers Weekly called the novel "a sharp
  • medical camp, yoga for health, weekly evening lectures on Hinduism, weekly
  • Fray Mocho was an Argentine weekly magazine that published general interest
  • Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade
  • Lethbridge Herald and the province's weekly newspapers a Special Citation, the
  • Nightly News) as well as weekly newsmagazine series (NBC's Dateline; ABC's
  • 5th – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
  • days, all the while sending weekly dispatches to the paper chronicling


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