# monthly

Pronunciation: say "MUNTH-lee" /ˈmʌnθli/

## Adjective

1. Occurring or appearing once in each month.
   - Simple: Happening or done once in every month.
   - _The committee publishes a monthly report on its spending._
   - _Employees receive a monthly salary deposited into their accounts._

## Adverb

2. Once in each month, or at intervals of about a month.
   - Simple: One time in each month, again and again.
   - _Interest is calculated monthly and added to the balance._
   - _The board reviews its budget monthly._

## Noun

3. A magazine or journal that appears once a month.
   - Simple: A magazine that comes out once every month.
   - _The literary monthly featured a long interview with the novelist._
   - _He wrote columns for several monthlies during the 1990s._
4. A familiar, euphemistic term for menstruation.
   - Simple: A gentle word for the bleeding a woman has about once a month.
   - _Her monthly was late that week, which worried her a little._
   - _She always kept painkillers handy for her monthlies._

## Origin

**Meaning 1** — From month + -ly (adjectival suffix), perhaps via Middle English *monethly, from Old English mōnaþlīċ ("monthly"), which traces back through Proto-West Germanic to Proto-Germanic. It is related to German monatlich, Danish månedlig, and Swedish månatlig.
**Meanings 2–4** — From Middle English monethly, equivalent to month + -ly (adverbial suffix). It is cognate with Dutch maandelijks, German monatlich, and Swedish månatligen.

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