monthly

Forms

Plural: monthlies

Definitions

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.Occurring every month.
- It's time give the dog its monthly bath.

Adverb
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

1.Every month.
- Rent must be paid monthly.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.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.
2.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.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3646

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Word family

month

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”).

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

AdverbAdverb×A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.