1
: reckoned by the year
2
: occurring, appearing, made, done, or acted upon every year or once a year : annual
Examples of yearly in a Sentence
Adjective
She renews her lease on a yearly basis.
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Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
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Both of these amounts would be adjusted yearly for inflation moving forward.
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Adjective
In 2024, an explosive investigative report by Le Monde alleged deep secrets within the royal family’s finances, including that Princess Charlene had a yearly allowance of 1.5 million euros.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
The rechargeable battery lasts up to 300 days, so just set a yearly calendar reminder to plug it in and juice it back up.
—Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 5 Mar. 2025
Adverb
The Economist releases their glass-ceiling index yearly, comparing women’s working conditions across 29 OECD countries.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Both of these amounts would be adjusted yearly for inflation moving forward.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Yearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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