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hour·ly    Audio Help   [ouuhr-lee, ou-er-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
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.
–adverb
5.every hour; hour by hour.
6.at each hour or during every hour.
7.frequently; continually.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME; see hour, -ly]
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hour·ly    Audio Help   (our'lē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Occurring every hour: hourly chimes.
  2. Frequent; continual: hourly changes in the plans.
  3. By the hour as a unit: hourly pay.

adv.  
  1. At or during every hour: The news is broadcast hourly.
  2. Frequently; continually: complaints that came hourly.

n.   pl. hour·lies Informal
An employee paid by the hour.

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hourly

adjective
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" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈhourly adjective, adverb
(happening or done) every hour
Example: Take his temperature hourly; hourly reports
Arabic: في كُل ساعَه
Chinese (Simplified): 每小时一次(的)
Chinese (Traditional): 每小時一次(的)
Czech: hodinový; každou hodinu
Danish: hver time; pr time; time-
Dutch: per uur, elk uur
Estonian: igatunnine
Finnish: jokatuntinen, tunnin välein
French: horaire; toutes les heures
German: stündlich
Greek: ωριαίος
Hungarian: óránként(i)
Icelandic: á klukkustundar fresti
Indonesian: setiap jam
Italian: ogni ora*; frequente
Japanese: 1時間ごとの
Korean: 한 시간마다의; 한 시간마다
Latvian: ikstundas-; ik stundu
Lithuanian: kas valandą
Norwegian: hver time, times-
Polish: godzinny
Portuguese (Brazil): de hora em hora
Portuguese (Portugal): de hora a hora
Romanian: din oră în oră
Russian: ежечасно
Slovak: hodinový; každú hodinu
Slovenian: vsakouren; vsako uro
Spanish: de hora en hora, cada hora
Swedish: en gång i timmen, varje timme
Turkish: saat başı, saatte bir olan
See also: at all hours, hour-glass, for hours, hour, hour hand, on the hour, "hourly" in any language

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.
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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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