annually

American  

[an-yoo-uh-lee] / ˈæn yu ə li /

adverb

1. once a year; each year.

   The school’s Harvest Dance has been held annually, on the first Saturday of October, for more than 125 years.

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Etymology

Origin of annually

First recorded in 1580–1600; annual ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Explanation

Something that happens annually occurs once a year, every year. If you vacation at the beach annually, you do it every summer. Many people send holiday cards annually, mailing stacks of them every December, and everyone celebrates a birthday annually. If your work performance is reviewed annually, your boss might consider giving you a raise each year. The adverb annually comes from the adjective annual, which is rooted in the Late Latin annualis, based on annus, or "year."

Example Sentences

Nuclear power is consistent and is already a major source of clean energy in the U.S., preventing hundreds of millions of metric tons of emissions annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Core CPI is expected to increase 0.3% monthly, reaching 2.7% annually, with used car prices up 1% and tariffs adding 0.03 percentage points.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Separate figures suggest that amounts to more than 150,000 tonnes annually – enough to sustain three times the breeding populations of the ten commonest garden species if they relied on it alone all year round.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The league is reportedly looking for another $1 billion annually from Paramount which is already paying $2.1 billion a year for its package of games on CBS.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

With very few exceptions, Africans at the time did not enjoy private tide to land in South Africa but were tenants paying rent annually to the government.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Related Words

• each year
• every year