hourly

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English

Etymology

hour +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯əli/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/

Adjective

hourly (not comparable)

  1. Occurring every hour.
    There are hourly express buses.
    • 1961 November, D. W. Beadle, “New long-distance electric units for the Italian State Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 671:
      The [four] motors have a continuous rating of 144 h.p. and an hourly output of 180 h.p., giving a total hourly rating of 720 h.p. compared with the six-motored "Arlecchino's" 994 h.p.
    • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
      This service has suffered badly from Department for Transport-inspired cuts which reduced it from hourly to two-hourly. This, coupled with regular cancellations, has rendered the train service between the area's two biggest towns almost unusable.
  2. Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.

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Adverb

hourly (not comparable)

  1. At intervals of an hour.
    Express buses depart hourly.
    • 2022 January 12, “Network News: Thousands savour Okehampton visit”, in RAIL, number 948, page 11:
      Commencement of a two-hourly service pattern by GWR marked the return of regular services to Okehampton for the first time since their withdrawal in 1972. There are plans to extend this to hourly.

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Noun

hourly (plural hourlies)

  1. Something produced each hour.
    She never reads her hourly report, but let her hourlies be fifteen minutes late and she raises a ruckus.
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