monthly
Plural: monthlies
Noun
- A publication or periodical issued once every month.
- a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
- A publication that is published once a month.
- The menstrual period.
Adjective Satellite
- of or occurring or payable every month
- "monthly payments"
- "the monthly newsletter"
Adverb
- occurring once a month
- "they meet monthly"
Adj
- Occurring every month.
Adv
- Every month.
Examples
- He subscribed to a ’MONTHLY’ word game magazine, always seeking new strategies.
- It's time give the dog its monthly bath.
- Rent must be paid monthly.
Origin / 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”).
Synonyms
each month, every month, mensually
Scrabble Score: 15
monthly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmonthly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
monthly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary