monthly
/ˈmʌnθli/
monthly adjective: occurring every month.
Adjective
monthly (not comparable)
- Occurring every month.
- It's time give the dog its monthly bath.
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Adverb
monthly (not comparable)
- Every month.
- Rent must be paid monthly.
Noun
monthly (plural monthlies)
- A publication that is published once a month.
- Of the 10 monthlies with the worst declines in January, four were Condé Nast magazines: Wired, Architectural Digest, Vogue and Lucky.2009 January 5, Stephanie Clifford, “Prominent Magazines Lose Weight, Shedding Nearly Half Their Ads”, in New York Times
- The menstrual period.
- Katherine assumed she was having her monthly. She could recall times when her own monthly was so intense that it showed on her face.2008, Monica Dixon, Through Closed Eyes, page 230
monthly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
monthly in Hindi
- occurring every month
- मासिक māsik, मासकालिक māskālik
- a publication that is published once a month
- मासपत्रिका māspatrikā, मासिक māsik
monthly in Tamil
- மாதாந்திர, மாதந்தோறும், மாதாந்திரமாக
monthly in Marathi
- monthly
- मासिक māsik
monthly in Urdu
- monthly
- ماہانہ māhānah
More languagesFewer languages
- monthly in Bengali
- মাসিক, প্রতি মাসে
- monthly in Telugu
- మాసపత్రిక māsapatrika
- monthly in Malayalam
- പ്രതിമാസം pratimāsaṁ, മാസിക māsika
- monthly in Kannada
- ತಿಂಗಳ
- monthly in Punjabi
- ਮਹੀਨੇਵਾਰ mahīnevār
- monthly in Gujarati
- માસિક māsik
- monthly in Odia
- ମାସିକ
- monthly in Sanskrit
- मासिक māsika
- monthly in Assamese
- মাহিলি mahili, মাহেকীয়া mahekia
- monthly in Nepali
- मासिक
- monthly in Arabic
- شَهْرِيّ šahriyy, شَهْرِيًّا šahriyyan
- monthly in Malay
- bulanan
- monthly in Indonesian
- bulanan
- monthly in Thai
- ทุกเดือน túk-dʉʉan, รายเดือน raai-dʉʉan, ประจำเดือน bprà-jam-dʉʉan, เดือนละครั้ง dʉʉan-lá-kráng
- monthly in Vietnamese
- nguyệt báo, nguyệt san
- monthly in Myanmar
- လစဉ် la.cany
Examples of monthly in a sentence
- Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.
- The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses.
- Orders were reported to have increased 2% monthly, ahead of the 1.2% expected by the street.
Synonyms of monthly
- every month
- each month
- mensually
Forms of monthly
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative abbreviation | mon. |
| Noun | |
| plural | monthlies |
Origin of monthly
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”).
Words formed from monthly
Phrases with monthly
Questions about monthly
- What does monthly mean?
- Monthly means occurring every month.
- What is monthly in Hindi?
- Monthly in Hindi is मासिक (māsik), मासकालिक (māskālik), मासपत्रिका (māspatrikā). See Monthly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is monthly?
- Monthly can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce monthly?
- Monthly is pronounced /ˈmʌnθli/.
Words near monthly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monthly (page history and authors); monthly (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); मासिक (Marathi) (page history and authors); ماہانہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); monthly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monthly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); માસિક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); monthly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); मासिक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); monthly (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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