quarterly

adjectivenounadverb

Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 2 meanings

  1. Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.

    “quarterly rent payments”

  2. (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

    “The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.”

Noun 1 meaning

  1. A periodical publication that appears four times per year.

Adverb 2 meanings

  1. Once every quarter year (three months).

  2. In the four, or in two diagonally opposite, quarters of a shield.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From quarter + -ly (adjectival).

QUARTERLY at a glance

QUARTERLY has 9 letters and scores 21 points in Scrabble (Q 10 + U 1 + A 1 + R 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + L 1 + Y 4) and 22 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,156 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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