monthly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
  2. adjective satellite of or occurring or payable every month
    • monthly payments
    • the monthly newsletter
  3. adverb occurring once a month
    • they meet monthly

WordNet

Month"ly adjective
Definitions
  1. Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon.
  2. Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a monthly magazine.
Month"ly noun
Wordforms
plural Monthlies
Definitions
  1. A publication which appears regularly once a month.
Month"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly. Shak.
  2. As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic. Obs. Middleton.

Webster 1913