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quarterly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quarterly has 1 sense
- quarterly(n = noun.communication) Array - a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year); Array is a kind of serial, serial publication, series
Adjective quarterly has 1 sense
- quarterly(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to or consisting of a quarter; "quarterly report" Derived form noun quarter6
Adverbial quarterly has 2 senses
- quarterly(r = adv.all) Array - in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon; "two coats of arms borne quarterly"
- quarterly(r = adv.all) every quarter - in three month intervals; "interest is compounded quarterly"
CIDE DICTIONARY
quarterly, a.
- Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons. [1913 Webster]
- Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting. [1913 Webster]
quarterly, n.
A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year. [1913 Webster]
quarterly, adv.
- By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly. [1913 Webster]
- In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quarterly, adj., adv., & n.
--adj.
1 produced or occurring once every quarter of a year.
2 (of a shield) quartered.
--adv.
1 once every quarter of a year.
2 in the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield.
--n. (pl. -ies) a quarterly review or magazine.
--adj.
1 produced or occurring once every quarter of a year.
2 (of a shield) quartered.
--adv.
1 once every quarter of a year.
2 in the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield.
--n. (pl. -ies) a quarterly review or magazine.
THESAURUS
quarterly
annual, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, biweekly, catamenial, centenary, centennial, daily, daybook, decennial, diary, diurnal, ephemeris, fortnightly, gazette, hebdomadal, hourly, journal, magazine, menstrual, momentary, momently, monthly, newsmagazine, organ, periodical, pictorial, quotidian, review, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, serial, slick magazine, tertian, trade magazine, triennial, weekly, yearbook, yearly
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