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anniversarily

anniversarily adverb: annually.

Adverb

anniversarily (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) annually
    • […] a day was appointed by public authority, next before Mardokee's feast, to be kept anniversarily sacred unto the memory of that deliverance and victory […]1617-1618, Joseph Hall, Letter to Mr. William Struthers
    • I might have gone farther back than that fatal seventh ; which , for the future , I will never see anniversarily revolve but in sables1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

Origin of anniversarily

From anniversary + -ly.

Questions about anniversarily

What does anniversarily mean?
Anniversarily means annually.
What part of speech is anniversarily?
Anniversarily is an adverb.

Words near anniversarily in the dictionary

  1. anniv
  2. anniv.
  3. anniversal
  4. anniversall
  5. anniversaries
  6. anniversarily
  7. anniversary
  8. anniversary clock
  9. anniversary clocks
  10. anniverse
  11. anniverses

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