Monthly

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monthly \Month"ly\, n.; pl. {Monthlies}.
     A publication which appears regularly once a month.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Monthly \Month"ly\, adv.
     1. Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes
        monthly. --Shak.
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     2. As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a
        lunatic. [Obs.] --Middleton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monthly \Month"ly\, a.
     1. Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the
        monthly revolution of the moon.
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     2. Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month,
        or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a
        monthly installment; a monthly magazine.
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     {Monthly nurse}, a nurse who serves for a month or some short
        time, esp. one which attends women after childbirth.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
     (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
     See {Cycle}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
        as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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     2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
        Opposite of {acyclic}.
  
     Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {bicyclic}; {heterocyclic};
           {homocyclic, isocyclic}]
  
     Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
        approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
        {noncyclic}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
           alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
           other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
           {alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal)};
           {biyearly}; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
           periodicity)}; {circular}; {daily, diurnal};
           {fortnightly, biweekly}; {hourly}; {midweek,
           midweekly}; {seasonal}; {semestral, semestrial};
           {semiannual, biannual, biyearly}; {semiweekly,
           biweekly}; {weekly}; {annual, yearly}; {biennial};
           {bimonthly, bimestrial}; {half-hourly}; {half-yearly};
           {monthly}; {tertian, alternate(prenominal)};
           {triennial}]
           [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     {Cyclic chorus}, the chorus which performed the songs and
        dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
        the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
  
     {Cyclic poets}, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
        wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
        called because keeping within the circle of a single
        subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
        one subject. --Milman.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monthly
       adj : occurring or payable every month; "monthly payments"; "the
             monthly newsletter"
       n : a periodical that is published every month
       adv : without missing a month; "we get paid monthly" [syn: {every
             month}, {each month}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "monthly":
     annual, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, biweekly, catamenial,
     centenary, centennial, daily, daybook, decennial, diary, diurnal,
     ephemeris, fortnightly, gazette, hebdomadal, hourly, journal,
     magazine, menstrual, momentary, momently, newsmagazine, organ,
     periodical, pictorial, quarterly, quotidian, review, secular,
     semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, serial,
     slick magazine, tertian, trade magazine, triennial, weekly,
     yearbook, yearly