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hour⋅ly

  [ouuhr-lee, ou-er-]
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–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)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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