Word Study
yearly
CIDE DICTIONARY
yearly, a. [AS. geárlic.].
- Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast. [1913 Webster]
- Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant. [1913 Webster]
- Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth. Shak. [1913 Webster]
yearly, adv. [AS. geárlice.].
Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed. [1913 Webster]
"Yearly will I do this rite." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
yearly, adj. & adv.
--adj.
1 done, produced, or occurring once a year.
2 of or lasting a year.
--adv. once a year; from year to year.
--adj.
1 done, produced, or occurring once a year.
2 of or lasting a year.
--adv. once a year; from year to year.
Etymology
OE gearlic, -lice (as YEAR)
THESAURUS
yearly
annual, annually, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, biweekly, catamenial, centenary, centennial, daily, decennial, diurnal, fortnightly, hebdomadal, hourly, menstrual, momentary, momently, monthly, per annum, perennial, perennially, quarterly, quotidian, regular, regularly, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, tertian, triennial, weekly, year after yearROGET THESAURUS
yearly
Periodicity
N regularity of recurrence, periodicity, intermittence, beat, oscillation, pulse, pulsation, rhythm, alternation, alternateness, alternativeness, alternity, bout, round, revolution, rotation, turn, say, anniversary, jubilee, centenary, catamenia, courses, menses, menstrual flux, rota, cycle, period, stated time, routine, days of the week, Sunday, Monday, months of the year, January, feast, fast, Christmas, Easter, New Year's day, Allhallows, Allhallowmas, All Saints' Day, All Souls', All Souls' Day, Ash Wednesday, bicentennial, birthday, bissextile, Candlemas, Dewali, groundhog day, Halloween, Hallowmas, Lady day, leap year, Midsummer day, Muharram, woodchuck day, St. Swithin's day, natal day, yearbook, yuletide, punctuality, regularity, steadiness, periodic, periodical, serial, recurrent, cyclical, rhythmical, recurring, intermittent, remittent, alternate, every other, hourly, diurnal, daily, quotidian, tertian, weekly, hebdomadal, hebdomadary, biweekly, fortnightly, bimonthly, catamenial, monthly, menstrual, yearly, annual, biennial, triennial, centennial, secular, paschal, lenten, regular, steady, punctual, regular as clockwork, periodically, at regular intervals, at stated times, at fixed established, at established periods, punctually, de die in diem, from day to day, day by day, by turns, in turn, in rotation, alternately, every other day, off and on, ride and tie, round and round.For further exploring for "yearly" in Webster Dictionary Online