Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Happening once every year.

    Christmas is a yearly celebration.

    We deep-clean the kitchen lustrally, on a five-yearly basis.

    jährlich

    ежего́дныйježegódnyj

    щорі́чнийščoríčnyj

    occurring or payable every year

  2. (not comparable)Over the course of one year

    a yearly income

Examples

18 sentences
  1. This has become a yearly tradition.

    ruЭто стало ежегодной традицией. — marafon

  2. It's worth ten times my yearly salary.

    ruЭто стоит в десять раз больше моей годовой зарплаты. — corvard

  3. Tom's yearly salary has been the same for the past three years.

    deToms Jahresgehalt ist seit drei Jahren unverändert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. My yearly salary has been the same for the past three years.

    deMein Jahresgehalt ist seit drei Jahren das gleiche. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I worked on a yearly contract.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
happening once every year:
Русский
By meaning 1
happening once every year:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
happening once every year:

Origin

From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīċ, ġērlīċ (“yearly, of the year

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”).

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • occurring or payable every year:annual

Word family

5 related words

See also

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