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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It was partly because nine clubs were locked out of Fridays and Mondays in European weeks.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Between bucket pull madness, a ton of Golden Ticket winners dazzled throughout, treating L.A. to a little slice of what we see in Austin on Mondays.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
What time do you get up on Mondays and what’s the first thing you do after waking up?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Mondays have typically been up days for stocks since the war began, but that pattern fell apart today.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Mondays are always hard, but on the Monday after Thanksgiving weekend you can tell nobody wants to be in school—not the kids, not the teachers, not the janitors or the lunch ladies.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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