English Online Dictionary. What means yearly? What does yearly mean?
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjɪɹli/, /ˈjɪɚli/, /ˈjɪəɹli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjɪəli/
- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)li
- Hyphenation: year‧ly
Adjective
yearly (not comparable)
- Happening once every year.
- Over the course of one year
Synonyms
- annual
- per annum
- perennial
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
yearly (not comparable)
- Once a year.
- Every year.
Synonyms
- annually
- perennially
Translations
Noun
yearly (plural yearlies)
- Something that is published once a year.
Translations
See also
- Thesaurus:frequency
Anagrams
- yarely