monthly

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌnθli/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌnθli

Etymology 1

From month +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

monthly (not comparable)

  1. Occurring every month.
    It's time give the dog its monthly bath.
    • 2024 June 9, maia arson crimew, “israeli national police found trying to purchase stalkerware”, in maia blog:
      all of these services, including mSpy, function with the same kind of predatory subscription scheme, luring you in with free trials that autorenew as abhorrently expensive monthly or yearly subscriptions. canceling the service requires reaching out to support, so users are typically unable to avoid overrunning the trial.
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Etymology 2

From month +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

monthly (not comparable)

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

monthly (plural monthlies)

  1. A publication that is published once a month.
    • 2009 January 5, Stephanie Clifford, “Prominent Magazines Lose Weight, Shedding Nearly Half Their Ads”, in New York Times:
      Of the 10 monthlies with the worst declines in January, four were Condé Nast magazines: Wired, Architectural Digest, Vogue and Lucky.
  2. (euphemistic) The menstrual period.
    • 2008, Monica Dixon, Through Closed Eyes, page 230:
      Katherine assumed she was having her monthly. She could recall times when her own monthly was so intense that it showed on her face.
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  • Japanese: マンスリー
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