Monthly
adj, adv, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A publication that is published once a month.
"Of the 10 monthlies with the worst declines in January, four were Condé Nast magazines: Wired, Architectural Digest, Vogue and Lucky."
- 2 a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year) wordnet
- 3 The menstrual period. euphemistic
"Katherine assumed she was having her monthly. She could recall times when her own monthly was so intense that it showed on her face."
- 1 Occurring every month. not-comparable
"It's time give the dog its monthly bath."
- 1 of or occurring or payable every month wordnet
- 1 Every month. not-comparable
"Rent must be paid monthly."
- 1 occurring once a month wordnet
Example
More examples"A good method for investing is a monthly allotment."
Etymology
From month + -ly (adjectival suffix), perhaps via Middle English *monethly (attested only adverbially), from Old English mōnaþlīċ (“monthly”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz (“monthly”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian moundelk (“monthly”), German monatlich (“monthly”), Danish månedlig (“monthly”), Swedish månatlig (“monthly”), Norwegian Bokmål månedlig (“monthly”), Icelandic mánaðarlegur (“monthly”).
From Middle English monethly, equivalent to month + -ly (adverbial suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian moundelk (“monthly”), Dutch maandelijks (“monthly”), German monatlich (“monthly”), Swedish månatligen (“monthly”).