yearly

Meaning

Adj

1. Happening once every year.
2. Over the course of one year

Adv

1. Once a year.
2. Every year.

Noun

Something that is published once a year.

Concepts

yearly

annual

annually

every year

each year

yearbook

per annum

per year

year-long

throughout the year

whole year

year round

anniversary

of a year

yearlong

one-year

Hyphenated as

year‧ly

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjɪɹli/

Etymology

From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīċ, ġērlīċ (“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent to year + -ly. Cognate with Scots yerelie (“yearly”), Saterland Frisian jierelk (“yearly”), West Frisian jierliks (“yearly”), Dutch jaarlijks (“yearly”), Afrikaans jaarlijks (“yearly”), German jährlich (“yearly”), Danish årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Bokmål årlig (“yearly”), Norwegian Nynorsk årleg (“yearly”), Swedish årlig (“yearly”), Icelandic árlegur (“yearly”).