What does "monthly" mean?
Monthly: Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a monthly magazine. Monthly nurse, a nurse who serves for a month or some short time, esp. one which attends women after childbirth.
Additional senses
- 2.A publication which appears regularly once a month.
- 3.Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly. Shak.
- 4.As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic. [Obs.] Middleton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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