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. )

Example Sentences

The company says the tools are “designed to reduce the billions of dollars lost annually to inefficient, outdated dispute processes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Maybell Quantum Industries also wants to buy thousands of liters of helium-3 annually from 2029 to 2035.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

It’s also steps from Joshua Tree National Park, one of the nation’s most beloved desert getaways where about 3 million people visit annually.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

A national child-care subsidy of 3,600 yuan annually per child under three reached over 24 million beneficiaries by January.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Just four years after the end of the war, his company was shipping 60,000 pounds of “Genuine Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco” annually.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Related Words

• each year
• every year