| Quarterly 1. (a.) Containing of a fourth part; at three month intervals; as, quarterly seasons. 2. (a.) Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting. 3. (n.) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year. 4. (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly. 5. (adv.) 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. Thesaurus Entries 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 |