FromMiddle Englishyeerly,yerely, fromOld Englishġēarlīċ,ġērlīċ(“yearly, of the year, annual”), equivalent toyear +‎-ly(adjectival suffix) or-ly(adverbial suffix). Cognate withScotsyerelie(“yearly”),Saterland Frisianjierelk(“yearly”),West Frisianjierliks(“yearly”),Dutchjaarlijks(“yearly”),Afrikaansjaarliks(“yearly”),Germanjährlich(“yearly”),Danishårlig(“yearly”),Norwegian Bokmålårlig(“yearly”),Norwegian Nynorskårleg(“yearly”),Swedishårlig(“yearly”),Icelandicárlegur(“yearly”).

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈjɪɹli/,/ˈjɪɚli/,/ˈjɪəɹli/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈjɪəli/

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• Rhymes:-ɪə(ɹ)li
• Hyphenation:year‧ly

yearly (notcomparable)

1. Happening once everyyear.

   Christmas is ayearly celebration.

   We deep-clean the kitchen on ayearly basis.

   • 2024 June 9,maia arson crimew, “israeli national police found trying to purchase stalkerware”, inmaia blog‎^[1]:

     all of these services, including mSpy, function with the same kind of predatory subscription scheme, luring you in with free trials that autorenew as abhorrently expensive monthly oryearly subscriptions. canceling the service requires reaching out to support, so users are typically unable to avoid overrunning the trial.

2. Over the course of one year

   ayearly income

• annual
• per annum
• perennial

yearly (notcomparable)

1. Once ayear.
2. Every year.
   • 1919,Boris Sidis,The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     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 outyearly thousands of laws and taboos for the paternalistic control and alleged welfare of the citizen!

• annually
• perennially

yearly (pluralyearlies)

1. Something that ispublished once ayear.

• Thesaurus:frequency

• yarely