anniversarily

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English

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Etymology

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From anniversary +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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anniversarily (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) annually
    • 1617-1618, Joseph Hall, Letter to Mr. William Struthers
      [] 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 []
    • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: [], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: [] S[amuel] Richardson;  [], →OCLC:
      I might have gone farther back than that fatal seventh ; which , for the future , I will never see anniversarily revolve but in sables