From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. Of or pertaining to a week, or week days; as, weekly labor.
2. Coming, happening, or done once a week; hebdomadary; as, a weekly payment; a weekly gazette.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Weekly \Week"ly\, noun; pl. {Weeklies}. A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Weekly \Week"ly\, adverb Once a week; by hebdomadal periods; as, each performs service weekly.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), adjective [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko's, fr. ky'klos See {Cycle}.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of {acyclic}.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: {bicyclic}; {heterocyclic}; {homocyclic, isocyclic}]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring. [WordNet 1.5]
3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of {noncyclic}.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal), alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)}; {alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal)}; {biyearly}; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity)}; {circular}; {daily, diurnal}; {fortnightly, biweekly}; {hourly}; {midweek, midweekly}; {seasonal}; {semestral, semestrial}; {semiannual, biannual, biyearly}; {semiweekly, biweekly}; {weekly}; {annual, yearly}; {biennial}; {bimonthly, bimestrial}; {half-hourly}; {half-yearly}; {monthly}; {tertian, alternate(prenominal)}; {triennial}] [WordNet 1.5]
4. Marked by repeated cycles[2]. [WordNet 1.5]
{Cyclic chorus}, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
{Cyclic poets}, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. --Milman.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: occurring or payable every week; "a weekly trip to town"; "weekly wages"; "weekly rent"
noun
1: a periodical that is published every week
adverb
1: without missing a week; "she visited her aunt weekly" [syn: {hebdomadally}, {every week}, {each week}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "weekly": annual, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, biweekly, catamenial, centenary, centennial, daily, daily newspaper, daybook, decennial, diary, diurnal, ephemeris, extra, extra edition, fortnightly, gazette, hebdomadal, hourly, journal, magazine, menstrual, momentary, momently, monthly, national newspaper, neighborhood newspaper, news, newsmagazine, newspaper, newspaper of record, organ, paper, periodical, pictorial, quarterly, quotidian, rag, review, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, serial, sheet, slick magazine, special, special edition, tabloid, tertian, trade magazine, triennial, weekly newspaper, yearbook, yearly
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