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monthly

UK/ˈmʌnθli/ US/ˈmʌnθli/ fairly common
adjective (1) noun (1) adverb (1)

adjective

1.

occurring or payable every month

  • “monthly payments”
  • “the monthly newsletter”

noun

1.

a periodical that is published every month

adverb

1.

without missing a month

  • “we get paid monthly”
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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”).

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