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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun yearly has 1 sense
- yearly(n = noun.communication) annual, yearbook - a reference book that is published regularly once every year; Array is a kind of book of facts, reference, reference book, reference work
has particulars: almanac, almanac, farmer's calendar, ephemeris
Adjective yearly has 1 sense
- yearly(s = adj.all) annual - occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris"; "yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income" Derived form noun year1
Adverbial yearly has 1 sense
- yearly(r = adv.all) annually, each year, every year - without missing a year; "they travel to China annually"
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."
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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
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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.
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