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Definition of "monthly" []

  • Occurring, appearing, or coming due every month: a monthly meeting; monthly rent payments. (adjective)
  • Continuing or lasting for a month. (adjective)
  • Once a month; every month. (adverb)
  • A periodical publication appearing once each month. (noun)
  • Informal The menses. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "monthly" in a sentence
  • "Once a month, they jogged off in similar style to one of these meetings in particular, to what they called their monthly meeting, where they paid in their subscriptions for the poor, and other needs of the society, and read over and made answers to a set of queries on the moral and religious state of their meetings."
  • "This program allows you to pay your debt to the IRS in monthly installments."
  • "From Jerry Robinson, legendary creator of the Joker, seventy-year veteran of the comics industry, and prominent figure in monthly books, daily strips, and comics journalism, comes a comprehensive history of the truly American art form!"