yearly
Happening once every year.
Example
“Christmas is a yearly celebration.”
Other meanings
Over the course of one year
“a yearly income”
Synonyms
- annual
- perennial
Related words
- half-yearly
- quarter-yearly
- semiyearly
- twice-yearly
Word history
From Old English "ġēarlīċ".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “yearly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.