Monthly \Month"ly\, n.; pl. Monthlies. A publication which appears regularly once a month. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Monthly \Month"ly\, adv.

1. Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic. [Obs.]

--Middleton. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Monthly \Month"ly\, a.

1. Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon. [1913 Webster]

2. Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a monthly magazine. [1913 Webster]

Monthly nurse, a nurse who serves for a month or some short time, esp. one which attends women after childbirth. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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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

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

monthly adj : occurring or payable every month; "monthly payments"; "the monthly newsletter"

noun

a periodical that is published every month adv : without missing a month; "we get paid monthly" [syn: every month, each month]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Monthly \Month"ly\, a.

1. Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon.

2. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Monthly \Month"ly\, n.; pl. Monthlies. A publication which appears regularly once a month.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Monthly \Month"ly\, adv.

1. Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly. --Shak.

2. As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic. [Obs.]

--Middleton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)