5.120 '-ly' time adverbs

Some general time words can be changed into adverbs by adding '-ly' and used to indicate the frequency of an event.

• hourly, daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, yearly

Note the spelling of 'daily'. The adverb 'annually' and the adjective 'annual' have the same meaning as 'yearly'.

• It was suggested that we give each child an allowance yearly or monthly to cover all he or she spends.
• Scotland too has an Executive Committee which meets monthly.

The same words can be used as adjectives.

• To this, we add a yearly allowance of *5365.00 towards repairs.
• Mutual help is best done on an hourly basis.
• They had a long-standing commitment to making a weekly cash payment to mothers.