hourly

B2 Topic:Time
US /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/ UK /ˈaʊ̯əli/
adj adv noun Freq #23607

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Happening every hour.

    There are hourly express buses to the airport.

  2. 2
    adv

    Once every hour.

    Express buses depart hourly.

  3. 3
    adj

    Paid by the hour rather than receiving a fixed salary.

    Most of the staff are hourly workers.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · happening every hour. horary
Word family
Derived forms bi-hourlybihourlyhalf-hourlynonhourlyquarter-hourlysemi-hourlysemihourlysubhourlytrihourlytwo-hourly

Etymology

From hour + -ly.

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