hourly B2 Topic:Time US /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/ UK /ˈaʊ̯əli/ See IPA manual Freq #23607 Meanings 1 adj Happening every hour. There are hourly express buses to the airport. 2 adv Once every hour. Express buses depart hourly. 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 AI details From hour + -ly. Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # hourly **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj, adv **IPA (US):** /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈaʊ̯əli/ **Frequency rank:** 23607 ## Meanings 1. Happening every hour. 2. Once every hour. 3. Paid by the hour rather than receiving a fixed salary. ## Examples - There are hourly express buses to the airport. - Express buses depart hourly. - Most of the staff are hourly workers. ## Derived Forms - bi-hourly - bihourly - half-hourly - nonhourly - quarter-hourly - semi-hourly - semihourly - subhourly - trihourly - two-hourly ## Etymology From hour + -ly. ## AI Etymology Hourly comes from hour + -ly. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “Happening every hour” and “Once every hour”. ## Topics - Time markdown