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Quarterly

adj, adv, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly. not-comparable

    "quarterly rent payments"

  2. 2
    (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise. not-comparable

    "The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or consisting of a quarter wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Once every quarter year (three months). not-comparable
  2. 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 […]."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in three month intervals wordnet
  2. 2
    in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon wordnet
Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From quarter + -ly (adjectival).

Etymology 2

From quarter + -ly (adjectival).

Etymology 3

From quarter + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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