ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Yearly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈjɪɹli/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Yearly is an adjective meaning Happening once every year.

Meaning

Happening once every year.

More Meanings

  1. Over the course of one year
  2. Once a year.
  3. Every year.
  4. Something that is published once a year.

Example Sentences

a yearly income
Christmas is a yearly celebration.
We deep-clean the kitchen lustrally, on a five-yearly basis.
With a scanty supply of laws in Hellenic commonwealths or city states what an immense vista for an Aristotle, of that grand, complex, efficient machinery of law, turning out yearly thousands of laws and taboos for the paternalistic control and alleged welfare of the citizen!

Word Forms

Synonyms for yearly

Depending on context, synonyms include annual, perennial, annually, perennially.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include annually, annual, biannual, semi-annual, year, aug.

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