quarterly

• POS: Adjective, Noun, Adverb
• HYPHEN: quar=ter=ly

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.

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