yearly

1 of 2

adjective

year·​ly ˈyir-lē How to pronounce yearly (audio)
1
: reckoned by the year
2
: occurring, appearing, made, done, or acted upon every year or once a year : annual

yearly

2 of 2

adverb

: every year : annually

Examples of yearly in a Sentence

Adjective She renews her lease on a yearly basis.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Licenses must be renewed by March 1, so businesses have since gone through the yearly licensing process and all licenses are current. Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2024 Now companies can clarify the yearly rite’s objectives and tweak it to create a more fruitful forum. Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024 By 2028, the additional yearly cost to the general fund is expected to reach $623 million, according to Szabo’s report. David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024 Those numbers will likely show up in the water systems' yearly report, which all systems in Wisconsin are required to put out, in order to keep the public informed. More:Could cannabis hemp and alfalfa solve PFAS contamination? Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024 Barclays expects the monthly price gains to slowly moderate, bringing down yearly inflation to 3% and core price increases to 3.1% by the end of the year – still well above the Fed’s 2% goal. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024 The afternoon session produced a yearly section best when the Mt. Carmel boys clocked a 3:20.07 in winning the 4x400 relay. Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024 From personal experience, management needs to focus more attention on customer relations to help attract and retain yearly membership holders. Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024 The stipend for a first-year postdoc is roughly $56,000 per year, with marginal yearly wage increases. Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
Adverb
The Venice Film Festival in 2017 became the first major fest to launch a competitive section dedicated to immersive cinema, called Venice VR, now featuring dozens of projects yearly. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Apr. 2024 Average hourly pay increased 3% yearly in January, down from 5.4% a year earlier. Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024 Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, have distributed the award yearly since 2021 (though Bezos did not present an award last year). Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024 Among the accomplishments highlighted by Biden and Sanders were the Inflation Reduction Act provisions capping insulin costs at $35 for Medicare patients and out-of-pocket spending on brand-name drugs for Medicare beneficiaries to $2,000 yearly. Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2024 Indeed, financial damage from cybercrime has grown yearly and is predicted to cost $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. Dor Eisner, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 Sublime, founded by electric chemists Leah Ellis and Yet-Ming Chiang, hopes to scale up to a commercial facility capable of producing 1 million tons of cement yearly by 2028. Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024 According to Carfax data, consumers lose an average of $4,000 yearly in rollback scams, which doesn’t include unexpected maintenance and repair costs. USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024 The gigafactory usually makes 375,000 Model Y SUVs yearly — or between 1,300 and 1,400 each day — which sell for about €45,00 ($49,000). William Gavin, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of yearly was before the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Yearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearly. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

yearly

adjective
year·​ly
ˈyi(ə)r-lē
1
: occurring, made, done, or produced every year : annual
2
: calculated in terms of one year
yearly adverb
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