hourly

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

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    occurring every hour or payable by the hour

    hourly chimes

  2. 2
    adj

    Occurring every hour.

    There are hourly express buses.

  3. 3
    adv

    At intervals of an hour.

    Express buses depart hourly.

  4. 4
    noun

    Something produced each hour.

    She never reads her hourly report, but let her hourlies be fifteen minutes late and she raises a ruckus.

  5. 5
    adv

    every hour

  6. 6
    adj

    Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.

Etymology

From hour + -ly.

Thesaurus

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

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