monthly

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmʌnθli/ See IPA manual

Freq #8751

Meanings

1

adj
Happening or done once a month.

I make a monthly payment on my car loan.
2

adv
Once a month.

The book club meets monthly to discuss what we've read.
3

noun
A magazine published once a month.

She writes a column for a popular fashion monthly.

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Synonyms

mensually

Word family

Forms monthlies

Related forms daily frequency weekly yearly

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monthly bill
a payment that is due every month

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From month + -ly (adjectival suffix), perhaps via Middle English *monethly (attested only adverbially), from Old English mōnaþlīċ (“monthly”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz (“monthly”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian moundelk (“monthly”), German monatlich (“monthly”), Danish månedlig (“monthly”), Swedish månatlig (“monthly”), Norwegian Bokmål månedlig (“monthly”), Icelandic mánaðarlegur (“monthly”).

*monethly Middle English mōnaþlīċ Old English *mānōþlīk Proto-West Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz Proto-Germanic

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# monthly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, adv, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmʌnθli/
**Frequency rank:** 8751

## Meanings
1. Happening or done once a month.
2. Once a month.
3. A magazine published once a month.

## Examples
- I make a monthly payment on my car loan.
- The book club meets monthly to discuss what we've read.
- She writes a column for a popular fashion monthly.

## Synonyms
- mensually

## Related Forms
- daily
- frequency
- weekly
- yearly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *monethly
- Root: mōnaþlīċ
- Root: *mānōþlīk
- Root: *mēnōþlīkaz

## Etymology
From month + -ly (adjectival suffix), perhaps via Middle English *monethly (attested only adverbially), from Old English mōnaþlīċ (“monthly”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz (“monthly”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian moundelk (“monthly”), German monatlich (“monthly”), Danish månedlig (“monthly”), Swedish månatlig (“monthly”), Norwegian Bokmål månedlig (“monthly”), Icelandic mánaðarlegur (“monthly”).

## AI Etymology
Monthly comes from month + -ly (adjectival suffix), perhaps via Middle English *monethly (attested only adverbially), from Old English mōnaþlīċ (“monthly”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānōþlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþlīkaz (“monthly”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian moundelk (“monthly”), German monatlich (“monthly”), Danish månedlig (“monthly”), Swedish månatlig (“monthly”), Norwegian Bokmål månedlig (“monthly”), Icelandic mánaðarlegur (“monthly”). In present-day English its meanings include happening or done once a month, once a month, and a magazine published once a month. The historical chain runs through *monethly (Middle English), mōnaþlīċ (Old English), *mānōþlīk (Proto-West Germanic), and *mēnōþlīkaz (Proto-Germanic).

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- Describing Qualities

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