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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
hour·ly       [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       (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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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.

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