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

On average, Poison Control reports 200 to 300 rattlesnake bites annually.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Irenic said Snapchat has spent more than $3.5 billion on Specs and is going through $500 million in cash annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Once the initial “accelerated build out phase” concludes around fiscal 2029, free cash flow to “substantially bounce back,” Moerdler said, reaching an estimated $212 billion annually by fiscal 2035.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

For several years, South Korea helped fill the gap, giving Pyongyang half a million tons of fertilizer annually as part of its “Sunshine Policy” to try to ease North-South tensions.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Related Words

• each year
• every year