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| 1. | of, pertaining to, occurring, or done each successive hour: hourly news reports. |
| 2. | computed or totaled in terms of an hour; using an hour as a basic unit of reckoning: hourly wages. |
| 3. | hired to work for wages by the hour: hourly workers. |
| 4. | frequent; continual. |
| 5. | every hour; hour by hour. |
| 6. | at each hour or during every hour. |
| 7. | frequently; continually. |
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adj.
adv.
n. pl. hour·lies Informal An employee paid by the hour. |
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| 1. | occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay" |
adverb | |
| 1. | every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈhourly adjective, adverb
(happening or done) every hour
Example: Take his temperature hourly; hourly reports
See also: at all hours, hour-glass, for hours, hour, hour hand, on the hour, "hourly" in any languageExample: Take his temperature hourly; hourly reports
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Hourly
Hour"ly\, a. Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual. In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. --Sharp.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Hourly
Hour"ly\, adv. Every hour; frequently; continually. Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed. --Dryden.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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