monthly

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year)
  2. adjective of or occurring or payable every month
  3. adverb occurring once a month

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 (“monthly”), Icelandic mánaðarlegur (“monthly”).

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