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hourly

adverb

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adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈaʊ̯əli/ / /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English hour English -ly English hourly From hour + -ly.

  1. Occurring every hour.

    There are hourly express buses.

    The [four] motors have a continuous rating of 144 h.p. and an hourly output of 180 h.p., giving a total hourly rating of 720 h.p. compared with the six-motored "Arlecchino's" 994 h.p.

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

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English hour English -ly English hourly From hour + -ly.

  1. At intervals of an hour.

    Express buses depart hourly.

    Commencement of a two-hourly service pattern by GWR marked the return of regular services to Okehampton for the first time since their withdrawal in 1972. There are plans to extend this to hourly.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English hour English -ly English hourly From hour + -ly.

  1. 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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