hourly

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

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

From hour + -ly.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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