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annually

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an⋅nu⋅al

  [an-yoo-uhl]
Use annually in a Sentence
–adjective
1. of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly: annual salary.
2. occurring or returning once a year: an annual celebration.
3. Botany. living only one growing season, as beans or corn.
4. performed or executed during a year: the annual course of the sun.
5. Entomology. living or lasting but one season or year, as certain insects or colonies of insects.
–noun
6. Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
7. a book, report, etc., published annually.
Origin:
1350–1400; < LL annuālis, equiv. to L annu(us) yearly (deriv. of annus circuit of the sun, year) + -ālis -al 1 ; r. ME annuel < AF < L

Related forms:
an⋅nu⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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an·nu·al   (ān'yōō-əl)   
adj.  

  1. Recurring, done, or performed every year; yearly: an annual medical examination.

  2. Of, relating to, or determined by a year: an annual income.

  3. Botany Living or growing for only one year or season.

n.  

  1. A periodical published yearly; a yearbook.

  2. Botany A plant that completes its entire life cycle in a single growing season.


[Middle English annuel, from Old French, from Late Latin annuālis, ultimately from Latin annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots.]
an'nu·al·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

annual 
1382, from L.L. annualem (nom. annualis), corresponding to L. annalis as adjective form of annus "year," from PIE *at-no-, from base *at- "to go," on notion of "period gone through" (cf. Skt. atati "goes, wanders," Goth. aþnam (dat. pl.) "year," Oscan akno- "year, holiday, time of offering"). Used of plants since 1710.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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