hourly

[ ouuh r-lee, ou-er- ]

/ ˈaʊər li, ˈaʊ ər- /

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adjective

of, pertaining to, occurring, or done each successive hour: hourly news reports.

computed or totaled in terms of an hour; using an hour as a basic unit of reckoning: hourly wages.

hired to work for wages by the hour: hourly workers.

frequent; continual.

adverb

every hour; hour by hour.

at each hour or during every hour.

frequently; continually.

Origin of hourly

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at hour, -ly

Words nearby hourly

hourglass contraction, hourglass murmur, hourglass stomach, houri, hourlong, hourly, hours, housatonic, house, house agent, house arrest

Example sentences from the Web for hourly

Not only do dancers not get an hourly wage, they are usually forced to pay ‘stage fees’ to work each shift.

Oregon’s Stripper Lobby: Legislators Ask Exotic Dancers for Help With Strip Club Bill |Mary Emily O’Hara |October 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In Scotland, hourly wage inequality matches the rest of the United Kingdom once the skew of London is factored out.

Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality |Noah Caldwell |September 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was the thinnest of clues, based on hourly signals showing that the 777 was still “alive.”

New MH370 Puzzle Scrambles Search |Clive Irving |March 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Location: A Hollywood PR firm whose hourly rate is more than your annual salary (probably).

Lesser Mysteries for Those With Breaking News Fatigue |Kelly Williams Brown |March 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In the past year, per the BLS, “average hourly earnings have risen by 48 cents, or 2.0 percent.”

Finally: An Unusually Awesome Jobs Report |Daniel Gross |December 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
She endured agonies of remorse for that, and yet hourly excused herself to herself.

Throckmorton |Molly Elliot Seawell
But hourly that green hill came nearer, and towards dusk of the second day it hung above us.

The Path of the King |John Buchan
Most of to-day I have spent under roof, brooding over the somber problem which hourly grows more threatening.

A Maid of the Kentucky Hills |Edwin Carlile Litsey
There were not enough of them to serve as a foil to the shining deeds which were of daily and hourly occurrence.

Kitchener's Mob |James Norman Hall
One poor fellow can not be convinced but assassins are hourly trying to stab or shoot him.

Fifteen Years in Hell |Luther Benson

British Dictionary definitions for hourly

hourly

/ (ˈaʊəlɪ) /

adjective

of, occurring, or done every hour

done in or measured by the hour we are paid an hourly rate

continual or frequent

adverb

every hour

at any moment or time

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hourly

adjective

adverb

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