annually

[ an-yoo-uh-lee ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of annually¹

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

Example Sentences

To put this in context, up to 20-50% of the heat used to transform raw materials into consumer goods ends up being wasted, costing the United States economy over $200 billion annually.

From Science Daily

By agreeing to annually defer all but $2 million of his contract, he gave Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman the financial flexibility to add other great players.

From Los Angeles Times

The number of barrels of refined petroleum it can receive is capped by the United Nations at 500,000 annually, well below the amount it needs.

From BBC

Mexican immigrants in the United States are also pillars of the Mexican economy, sending more than $60 billion annually in remittances back to their homeland.

From Los Angeles Times

Between 100 million and 400 million dengue infections occur annually, the World Health Organization estimates.

From Science Magazine

Related Words

• each year
• every year