Mondays
Americanadverb
Usage
What does Mondays mean? The word Mondays can be used as an adverb meaning every Monday or on Mondays, as in I work Mondays or Many restaurants are closed Mondays. Mondays is of course also the plural of Monday, the name of the weekday between Sunday and Tuesday. When it’s used as an adverb, Mondays describes when something happens or when an action is taken. The singular form Monday can also be used as an adverb, as in We’re closed Monday or Do you work Monday?Mondays (ending with an s) usually implies that the action or event is a regular occurrence, such as one that happens according to a schedule. For example, saying, “I work Mondays” means that you work every Monday. In contrast, saying, “I work on Monday” or “I work Monday” typically means that you are scheduled to work on the upcoming Monday. The word Mondays is used in a different way in the slang expression case of the Mondays, a humorous way of referring to the state of being grumpy or sluggish because it is a Monday. In the phrase, Mondays is used as if it were the name of a medical condition. Example: The shop is open from Tuesday through Saturday, but it’s closed Sundays and Mondays.
Example Sentences
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“You don’t have to settle for the Sunday scaries. We let Mondays ruin our Sundays. Stop. Be present in your life instead of accepting that default.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
I don’t schedule anything on Sundays and Mondays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
I always want Mondays to be a lighter lift than they end up being.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Hejazi says some restaurants are extending the period before they fully open to garner more buzz, while others are making their soft launch pricing permanent for quieter days such as Mondays.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
I looked forward to our fifty-minute sessions on Thursday mornings, enough so that we began meeting on Mondays as well.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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