monthly

The word “monthly” means happening or produced once every month. In plain terms, happening every month, or a publication that comes out every month.

“Monthly” is pronounced MUHNTH-lee (/ˈmʌnθli/ in IPA).

Here is “monthly” used in a sentence: “She writes a monthly column for the local paper.”

Words with a similar meaning to “monthly” include every month, mensually and each month.

Depending on how it is used, “monthly” can be an adjective, an adverb and a noun.

“Monthly” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

“Monthly” has 3 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: happening or produced once every month.

'Monthly' is clear: once every month, twelve times a year. 'Bimonthly' is notoriously ambiguous, since it can mean every two months or twice a month, depending on the writer. Because of that confusion, careful writers avoid 'bimonthly' and spell it out, while 'monthly' stays reliable and unmistakable.

It can be both. As an adjective it describes a noun, like a monthly meeting, a monthly magazine, or a monthly payment. As an adverb it describes how often something happens, as in 'we meet monthly' or 'rent is paid monthly.' The form does not change; only its role in the sentence does.

Plenty of everyday things run on a monthly cycle: monthly rent or mortgage payments, a monthly salary, a monthly magazine or subscription box, a monthly team meeting, and monthly utility bills. Anything that recurs once each calendar month, whether arriving, being due, or being produced, can be called monthly.