monthly

[muhnth-lee] /ˈmʌnθ li/
adjective
1.
pertaining to a month, or to each month.
2.
done, happening, appearing, etc., once a month:
a monthly magazine.
3.
computed or determined by the month:
a monthly salary.
4.
continuing or lasting for a month.
noun, plural monthlies.
5.
a periodical published once a month.
6.
Sometimes, monthlies. Informal. a menstrual period.
adverb
7.
once a month; by the month.
Origin
1525-35; month + -ly
Related forms
half-monthly, adjective
Examples from the web for monthly
  • Non-native trees benefit from a monthly deep soaking.
  • Feed monthly with a complete houseplant fertilizer, following label instructions.
  • We pay monthly common charges, which have since gone up, and that seems unfair if they're reducing the common spaces.
  • Bring your pets with you and stay based on daily, weekly or monthly rates.
  • Even if your monthly budget is great, unless you allow for these miscellaneous expenses, you're not really budgeting.
  • Only digital photographs related to our specified monthly theme will be accepted.
  • We have a free monthly newsletter detailing our daily activities and conservation work with sharks.
  • All yakuza members, including bosses, must pay monthly dues to their syndicate.
  • We would film the mummy as the medical team, entrusted with his meticulous preservation, did their monthly examination.
  • Citizen scientists are asked to track daily or monthly precipitation amounts.
British Dictionary definitions for monthly

monthly

/ˈmʌnθlɪ/
adjective
1.
occurring, done, appearing, payable, etc, once every month
2.
lasting or valid for a month: a monthly subscription
adverb
3.
once a month
noun (pl) -lies
4.
a book, periodical, magazine, etc, published once a month
5.
(informal) a menstrual period
Word Origin and History for monthly
adv.

1530s, from month + -ly (2). As an adjective from 1570s. Old English had monaþlic, but the modern words seem to be separate formations.