annual, yearly
(adjective) occurring or payable every year; “an annual trip to Paris”; “yearly medical examinations”; “annual (or yearly) income”
annually, yearly, every year, each year
(adverb) without missing a year; “they travel to China annually”
annual, yearly, yearbook
(noun) a reference book that is published regularly once every year
Source: WordNet® 3.1
yearly (not comparable)
Happening once every year.
• annual
• per annum
• perennial
yearly (not comparable)
Once a year.
Every year.
• annually
• perennially
yearly (plural yearlies)
Something that is published once a year.
• yarely
Source: Wiktionary
Year"ly, a. Etym: [AS. geárlic.]
1. Happening, accruing, or coming every year; annual; as, a yearly income; a yearly feast.
2. Lasting a year; as, a yearly plant.
3. Accomplished in a year; as, the yearly circuit, or revolution, of the earth. Shak.
Year"ly, adv. Etym: [AS. geárlice.]
Definition: Annually; once a year to year; as, blessings yearly bestowed. Yearly will I do this rite. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
