yearly

The New Year is one of many examples of yearly holidays.

Meanings

Adjective

  • Happening once every year.
  • Over the course of one year

Adverb

  • Once a year.
  • Every year.

Noun

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Origin

  • From Middle English yeerly, yerely, from Old English ġēarlīċ, ġērlīċ, equivalent to year + -ly. Cognate with Scots yerelie ("yearly"), Saterland Frisian jierelk ("yearly"), West Frisian jierliks ("yearly"), Dutch jaarlijks ("yearly"), Afrikaans jaarlijks ("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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