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yearly

/ˈjɪəli/ Australia, UK
/ˈjɪːlɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈjɪɹli/ US
/ˈjɪɚli/ US
/ˈjɪəɹli/ US
/ˈjiəli/ New Zealand
/ˈjiɾle/ Scotland
[ˈjiːɾle] Scotland
/-lɪ/ Scotland
/-li/ Scotland
/ˈjøːli/ Wales
/ˈjiː.əli/ Wales
/ˈjɛːli/

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)li

Where it comes from

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

adjective

not comparable Happening once every year. Christmas is a yearly celebration.
not comparable Over the course of one year a yearly income

Similar: annual, per annum, perennial

adverb

not comparable Once a year.
not comparable Every year. 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!

Similar: annually, perennially

noun yearlies

Something that is published once a year.

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