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monthly

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌnθli/

The English word “monthly” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Occurring every month.

adverb

  1. Every month.

noun

  1. A publication that is published once a month.
  2. The menstrual period.

Etymology

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…

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