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Yearly vs Bearly - What's the difference?

yearly | bearly |

As adjectives the difference between yearly and bearly

is that yearly is happening once every year while bearly is of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine.

As an adverb yearly

is once a year.

As a noun yearly

is something that is published once a year.

yearly

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Happening once every year.
    • a yearly income
    Christmas is a yearly celebration.

    Synonyms

    * annual * per annum * perennial

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Once a year.
  • Every year.

    • Synonyms

    * annually * perennially

    Noun

    (yearlies)
  • Something that is published once a year.

    • bearly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine.
  • * 1930 , Hearst's international combined with Cosmopolitan: Volume 89:
    • He was going to be a bearly' bear. With a ' bearly mate.
  • * 1955 , Agnes L. McCarthy, James Kenner Agnew, Prose and poetry for appreciation :
    • Past two years old Keg was now, a big and very bearly bear, and with the first tocsin of fall in the air he'd wandered off toward Sugar-loaf, answering the call of his kind.
  • * 2010 , Clydal Vania, On the Flight to Nowhere :
    • All acting like nothing even happened at all. (Then, a half hour later) Boom! BOOOM!! (There's a poundin down at the door) As Jeanie goes ta answer it, as im in the kitchen getting cereal. As another Big bearly Man Comes barging in.

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