Definitions
Happening once a month; also a publication issued each month.
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“It's time give the dog its monthly bath.”
“Rent must be paid monthly.”
“Of the 10 monthlies with the worst declines in January, four were Condé Nast magazines: Wired, Architectural Digest, Vogue and Lucky.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Every four weeks”7 letters
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