adj
Meaning 1
Occurring every month.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- It's time give the dog its monthly bath.
Meaning relationships
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adj
Occurring every month.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
adv
Every month.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A publication that is published once a month.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The menstrual period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
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adjective satellite
of or occurring or payable every month
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adverb
occurring once a month
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: series, serial, serial publication
History
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”).
From Middle English monethly, equivalent to month + -ly (adverbial suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian moundelk (“monthly”), Dutch maandelijks (“monthly”), German monatlich (“monthly”), Swedish månatligen (“monthly”).
Across languages
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