yearly
Plural: yearlies
Noun
- A publication or event that occurs once a year.
- a reference book that is published regularly once every year
- Something that is published once a year.
Adjective Satellite
- occurring or payable every year
- "yearly medical examinations"
- "annual (or yearly) income"
Adverb
- without missing a year
Adj
- Happening once every year.
- Over the course of one year
Adv
- Once a year.
- Every year.
Examples
- a yearly income
- Christmas is a yearly celebration.
- Subscribing to a Scrabble YEARLY offered new tips and strategies for advanced play.
- We deep-clean the kitchen lustrally, on a five-yearly basis.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
annual, annually, each year, every year, yearbook, per annum, perennial, perennially
Scrabble Score: 12
yearly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordyearly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yearly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary