monthly

[muhnth-lee]

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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 a month.

noun, plural month·lies.

a periodical published once a month.

Sometimes monthlies. Informal. a menstrual period.

adverb

once a month; by the month.

Origin of monthly

First recorded in 1525–35; month + -ly

Related formshalf-month·ly, adjective

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Related Words for monthlies

tabloid, publication, review, annals, account, daily, note, magazine, paper, diary, periodical, gazette, newspaper, almanac, calendar, memoir, monthly, weekly, pamphlet, booklet

Examples from the Web for monthlies

Historical Examples of monthlies

Here there are three great dailies, ten weeklies, and three monthlies.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
A monthly was reasonable enough in course of time; so we had monthlies.
The Lost Art of Reading
Gerald Stanley Lee
Foreign writers supply about one-third of the contents of the monthlies.
Australian Writers
Desmond Byrne
No quarterlies, monthlies, or weeklies lie at home to divert.
The Minute Man of the Frontier
W. G. Puddefoot
The House of Commons is soon to register the decrees of the monthlies.
An American Four-In-Hand in Britain
Andrew Carnegie

British Dictionary definitions for monthlies

monthly

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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Word Origin and History for monthlies

monthly

adv.

1530s, from month + -ly (2). As an adjective from 1570s. Old English had monaþlic, but the modern words seem to be separate formations.