adjective
Happening once a year or relating to one year.
We have a yearly meeting in June.
The yearly report is ready.
Common phrases & grammar
yearly meeting · yearly report · yearly payment · yearly salary
a yearly + noun
yearly + noun
American English
How to pronounce yearly
adjective · adverbA2
YEERlee
/ˈjiɹ.li/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Happening once a year or relating to one year.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
adverb
Once every year.
The festival takes place yearly.
Yearly, thousands of visitors come here.
Good to know
Yearly is also an adjective: a yearly meeting. As an adverb, it often comes at the end: We meet yearly.
Common phrases & grammar
subject + verb + yearly
yearly, + subject + verb