6 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Monthly \Month"ly\, noun; pl. {Monthlies}.
A publication which appears regularly once a month.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Monthly \Month"ly\, adverb
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Monthly \Month"ly\, adjective
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), adjective [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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
monthly
adjective
1: occurring or payable every month; "monthly payments"; "the
monthly newsletter"
noun
1: a periodical that is published every month
adverb
1: 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