year·ly

[yeer-lee] adjective, adverb, noun, plural year·lies.
adjective
1.
pertaining to a year or to each year.
2.
done, made, happening, appearing, coming, etc., once a year or every year: a yearly medical examination.
3.
computed or determined by the year.
4.
continuing or lasting for a year.
adverb
5.
once a year; annually.
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Yearly is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
noun
6.
a publication appearing once a year.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English yeerly, Old English gēarlīc. See year, -ly

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yearly (ˈjɪəlɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  occurring, done, appearing, etc, once a year or every year; annual
2.  lasting or valid for a year; annual: a yearly subscription
 
adv
3.  once a year; annually
 
n , -lies
4.  a publication, event, etc, that occurs once a year

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Biotechnologists are converting annual crops into perennial ones, eliminating
  the need for yearly planting.
Tenured faculty will no longer feel survivor's guilt because they too will be
  under the gun in yearly performance reviews.
Consumer sales of hybrids are headed for their third consecutive yearly decline.
Put it on the moon, which is rich in silicon, then watch as your yearly take in
  energy increases without doing much of anything.
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