Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

annually

/ˈæn.ju.ə.li/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: an-nu-al-ly
IPA: /ˈæn.ju.ə.li/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Once every year without fail, yearly

Example Sentences

"The Sunshine Festival is held annually, at the end of May."
"The cult of the holiday camp has brought seasonal expresses to fresh destinations such as Penychain, in North Wales; over 250,000 people go by train annually to Butlin's holiday camps alone."
"Minimum age of Maiasaura individuals was determined by counting the number of annually deposited lines of arrested growth (see [10 –12 ] for descriptions of skeletochronology methods)."
"89.2 million tons of RAP are used annually in new asphalt pavement construction in the United States."

Etymology

Etymology tree English annual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English annually From annual + -ly.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈæn.ju.ə.li/
British English: /ˈæn.jʊə.li/

Derived Forms

multiannually pluriannually semiannually

Phrases

semi-annually

Synonyms

perennially yearly every year each year per annum p.a. per year

Rhymes With

manually

Questions

How do you pronounce annually?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæn.ju.ə.li/.
What does annually mean?: Once every year without fail, yearly
Where does annually come from?: Etymology tree English annual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English annually From annual + -ly.

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