monthly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   occurring once a month

   they meet monthly

2. 2
   adj

   of or occurring or payable every month

   monthly payments

3. 3
   adj

   Occurring every month.

   It's time give the dog its monthly bath.

4. 4
   adv

   Every month.

   Rent must be paid monthly.

5. 5
   noun

   A publication that is published once a month.

   Of the 10 monthlies with the worst declines in January, four were Condé Nast magazines: Wired, Architectural Digest, Vogue and Lucky.

6. 6
   noun

   The menstrual period.

   Katherine assumed she was having her monthly. She could recall times when her own monthly was so intense that it showed on her face.

7. 7
   noun

   a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)

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”).