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“Weakly” or “Weekly”

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.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

weakly w·IY·k·l·iy

  • adverbin a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree.

weekly w·IY·k·l·iy

  • nouna periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year).
  • adjectiveof or occurring every seven days.
Usage

Examples in context

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“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…

“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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