month·ly
ˈmən(t)th-lē 
plural monthlies
1
: a monthly periodical
2
monthlies plural
: a menstrual period
1
: lasting a month
2
a
: of or relating to a month
b
: payable or reckoned by the month
3
: occurring or appearing every month
Examples of monthly in a Sentence
Noun
He reads one of the travel monthlies.
Adjective
The monthly meeting is today.
The regional manager visits the office on a monthly basis.
She writes a monthly column for the magazine.
the monthly total of traffic accidents
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Tim Crout, Curbed, 1 May 2025
According to the listing, the monthlies are just $500 because there’s no underlying mortgage, which means low overhead in the event of a recession!
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2025
Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 1 May 2025
Those were good deals compared to the significantly higher costs documented in the 2001 Forbes report, which noted a three-month package was available for $20, or users could pay $20 monthly to access supposedly premium content.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025
ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
While monthly student loan bills resumed in the fall of 2023, former President Joe Biden’s Education Department pushed off recommencing involuntary collections until after the 2024 presidential election.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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Noun
But what makes the building really stand out to James are its low monthlies.
—Tim Crout, Curbed, 1 May 2025
According to the listing, the monthlies are just $500 because there’s no underlying mortgage, which means low overhead in the event of a recession!
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Apr. 2025
Adverb
Rowdy Hog offers two other membership tiers that are paid monthly, known as Red Tier and Black Tier, according to its website.
—Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 1 May 2025
Those were good deals compared to the significantly higher costs documented in the 2001 Forbes report, which noted a three-month package was available for $20, or users could pay $20 monthly to access supposedly premium content.
—ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
During day three of Google's antitrust remedies trial, the company presented a slide showing that Gemini reached 350 million monthly active users as of March 2025.
—ArsTechnica, 23 Apr. 2025
While monthly student loan bills resumed in the fall of 2023, former President Joe Biden’s Education Department pushed off recommencing involuntary collections until after the 2024 presidential election.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Monthly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monthly. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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monthly
1 of 2 adjective
month·ly
ˈmən(t)th-lē
1
: occurring, done, produced, or published every month
2
: due or calculated by the month
monthly salary
3
: lasting a month
monthly
adverb
monthly
2 of 2 noun
plural monthlies
1
: a monthly magazine
2
plural
: a menstrual period
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