monthly

/ˈmʌnθli/

/ˈmʌnθli/

Other forms: monthlies

Anything monthly happens once a month. A monthly paycheck will enable you to pay your monthly rent. Whew!

Monthly works well as both an adjective and an adverb, describing anything that occurs every month. You might get a monthly paycheck or make monthly phone calls to your grandmother. Or a freelance writer might write a couple of articles monthly and travel monthly to a nearby amusement park. A monthly can also be a magazine that's published once a month.

Definitions of monthly

1. adjective

   of or occurring or payable every month
   “monthly payments”

   “the monthly newsletter”

   synonyms:

   periodic, periodical

   happening or recurring at regular intervals
2. adverb

   occurring once a month
   “they meet monthly”
3. noun

   a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
   type of:

   serial, serial publication, series

   a periodical that appears at scheduled times