annually

/ˈænjuəli/

/ˈænjuəli/

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."

Definitions of annually

1. adverb

   by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received)
   synonyms: each year, p.a., per annum, per year
2. adverb

   without missing a year
   “they travel to China annually”

   synonyms: each year, every year, yearly