hourly
B2
adj
adv
noun
Freq #23607
Meanings
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1
adj
occurring every hour or payable by the hour
hourly chimes
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2
adj
Occurring every hour.
There are hourly express buses.
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3
adv
At intervals of an hour.
Express buses depart hourly.
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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.
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5
adv
every hour
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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