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单词 hourly
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hourlyadj.

Brit. /ˈaʊəli/, U.S. /ˈaʊərli/
Etymology: < hour n. + -ly suffix1.
1. Of or belonging to an hour; of an hour's age or duration; very recent or brief. rare.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective]
shortc888
littleOE
shortlya1050
briefc1400
momentlya1425
small?a1439
momentany1447
momentaneous?a1450
stunta1450
momentaryc1485
momentane1510
hourlya1535
sudden1561
momentaneala1581
span-long1593
momentaneana1599
momental1606
narrow1611
timeless1657
concise1785
succinct1796
ultra-short1962
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 40/2 That an houerly kindnes, sodainely contract in one houre..shold be deper setled..then a long accustomed malice many yeres rooted.
1821 Ld. Byron Two Foscari i. i, in Sardanapalus 202 For the present, Foscari Has a short hourly respite.
2.
a. Occurring or performed every hour; done, reckoned, etc. hour by hour; frequent, continual.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > period > hour > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of hours
hourly?c1530
horary1632
semi-diurnal1794
bi-hourly1844
?c1530 Crt. of Love 353 With hourly labour and gret attendaunce.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 171 This is an accident of hourely proofe. View more context for this quotation
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xiv. 197 In hourly expectation of the Hangman.
1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. xi. 97 The hourly events of his life.
1808 W. Murdock in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 98 126 An hourly supply of 1250 cubic feet of the gas.
1883 Women's Suffrage Jrnl. Nov. 198/1 Whether he was paid an hourly, daily, or weekly wage.
b. as n. (U.S.) A public conveyance that runs every hour.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > hourly
hourly1877
1877 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 4) Hourly, formerly used in and about Boston for an omnibus.
1881 Harper's Mag. Feb. 388 The terrors of the ‘hourly’ or omnibus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hourlyadv.

Brit. /ˈaʊəli/, U.S. /ˈaʊərli/
Etymology: < hour n. + -ly suffix2.
1. Every hour; hour by hour; from hour to hour; continually, very frequently.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > period > hour > [adverb]
hourly1470
1470 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 136 As dayly and howrlye is now..proved.
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Biv v Ye perylles..innumerable whiche dayly & hourly myght haue happed.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. i. 58 A Mother hourely coyning plots. View more context for this quotation
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. 303 The barbarians were hourly expected at the gates of Rome.
1811 Ld. Byron Farewell Malta Two spoonfuls hourly.
2. For the space of an hour; for a short time; quickly, cursorily. Obsolete.
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the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adverb] > quickly
soonc825
quicklyc1300
rifelya1375
swiftlya1400
hourly1529
apace1535
in less than a lightning1591
quick time1816
succinctly1837
quickstep1855
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 105/2 Partes..suche..as rather nede to be attentely redde and aduised, than houerly harde and passid ouer.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 694/1.
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. xvi. f. xliiiv With you peraduenture will I abyde for a whyle..but I would not see you now houerly, & in my passage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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