monthly

[ muhnth-lee ]

/ ˈmʌnθ li /

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adjective

pertaining to a month, or to each month.

done, happening, appearing, etc., once a month: a monthly magazine.

computed or determined by the month: a monthly salary.

continuing or lasting for amonth.

noun, plural month·lies.

a periodical published once a month.

Sometimes monthlies. Informal. a menstrual period.

adverb

once a month; by the month.

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Origin of monthly

First recorded in 1525–35; month + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM monthly

half-monthly, adjective

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How to use monthly in a sentence

The men who edited wheel magazines now changed them to "golf monthlies."
As A Chinaman Saw Us|Anonymous
This move on Canada's part was aimed principally to prevent the flooding of Canadian mails with cheap American monthlies.
Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery|Clifton Armstrong Howes
Every prominent paper gave a leader in the editorial column, and when the weeklies and monthlies came out they followed suit.
Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison|Austin Biron Bidwell
We run two monthlies and a weekly, one critical, one household, one entirely for children.
The Nest Builder|Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

Some of the high-class weeklies feel the competition of the ten-cent monthlies.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete|William Dean Howells

British Dictionary definitions for monthly

monthly

/ (ˈmʌnθlɪ) /

adjective

occurring, done, appearing, payable, etc, once every month

lasting or valid for a montha monthly subscription

adverb

once a month

noun plural -lies

a book, periodical, magazine, etc, published once a month

informal a menstrual period

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monthly

Origin of monthly

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