Quarterly
adj, adv, noun ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A periodical publication that appears four times per year.
"“We’re hoping (that) getting the message out in the quarterlies is going to teach people, as well as their supervisors … you can’t do this stuff,” FBI assistant director Candice Will told CNN this week."
- 2 a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year) wordnet
- 1 Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly. not-comparable
"quarterly rent payments"
- 2 (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise. not-comparable
"The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable."
- 1 of or relating to or consisting of a quarter wordnet
- 1 Once every quarter year (three months). not-comparable
- 2 In the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield. not-comparable
"It consisted of the arms of the City of London, Middlesex (three seaxes, or Saxon swords), Buckingham (a swan), and Hertford (a hart), arranged quarterly, on a background of crimson and ermine mantling […]."
- 1 in three month intervals wordnet
- 2 in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon wordnet
Example
More examples"Surely the most curious of sources consulted is Mankind Quarterly."
Etymology
From quarter + -ly (adjectival).
From quarter + -ly (adverbial suffix).
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