monthful

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noun

A quantity that lasts or occurs throughout a month.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounmonthful (plural monthfuls or monthsful)

plural monthfuls · plural monthsful

  1. A quantity that lasts or occurs throughout a month.

    I ran all the way from the Daily News Building, with two monthsful of funnies under my arm, to tell you what happened.

    1964, The Realist - Issues 48-70, page 19
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    Here's a monthful of school day suggestions to add the flavor children like, the variety they need, the food value your Community School Lunch Program calls for.

    1945, American Cookery - Volume 51, page 53

    Although Mr. Lippmann's views on foreign and national affairs are familiar to regular readers of his syndicated newspaper column, and also to those who follow his books, it was a considerable novelty to have the Lippmann perspective on a TV summit, as it were, ranging rapidly and broadly over the substance of a monthful of columns.

    1960, Saturday Review - Volume 43, Part 3, page 34

    The following day, another in a monthful of perfect ones on the Keys, Emily and I had our own heart-to-heart communion.

    2007, Frank S. Johnson, Sailing the Blue-Green Line

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APA

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MLA

“monthful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monthful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monthful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monthful.

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