The meaning of MONTHLY is a monthly periodical. How to use monthly in a sentence.

A monthly event or publication happens or appears every month. Many people are now having trouble making their monthly house payments. Kidscape runs monthly workshops for teachers. …

MONTHLY definition: pertaining to a month, or to each month. See examples of monthly used in a sentence.

1. Occurring, appearing, or coming due every month: a monthly meeting; monthly rent payments. 2. Continuing or lasting for a month.

adj. pertaining to a month, or to each month. done, happening, appearing, etc., once a month: a monthly magazine. computed or determined by the month: a monthly salary. continuing or …

Dec 14, 2025 · monthly (not comparable) Occurring every month. quotations It's time give the dog its monthly bath.

There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the word monthly, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

(Definition of monthly from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Monthly definition: Occurring, appearing, or coming due every month.

Monthly works well as both an adjective and an adverb, describing anything that occurs every month. You might get a monthly paycheck or make monthly phone calls to your grandmother.