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[ ouuhr-lee, ou-er- ] / ˈaʊər li, ˈaʊ ər- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hourly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, pertaining to, occurring, or done each successive hour: hourly news reports. computed or totaled in terms of an hour; using an hour as a basic unit of reckoning: hourly wages. hired to work for wages by the hour: hourly workers. frequent; continual. adverbevery hour; hour by hour. at each hour or during every hour. Origin of hourlylate Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at hour, -ly Words nearby hourlyhourglass murmur, hourglass stomach, hour hand, houri, hourlong, hourly, hours, Housatonic, house, house agent, house arrest Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hourlyNot only do dancers not get an hourly wage, they are usually forced to pay ‘stage fees’ to work each shift. Oregon’s Stripper Lobby: Legislators Ask Exotic Dancers for Help With Strip Club Bill|Mary Emily O’Hara|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST In Scotland, hourly wage inequality matches the rest of the United Kingdom once the skew of London is factored out. Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality|Noah Caldwell|September 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was the thinnest of clues, based on hourly signals showing that the 777 was still “alive.” New MH370 Puzzle Scrambles Search|Clive Irving|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST Location: A Hollywood PR firm whose hourly rate is more than your annual salary (probably). Lesser Mysteries for Those With Breaking News Fatigue|Kelly Williams Brown|March 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the past year, per the BLS, “average hourly earnings have risen by 48 cents, or 2.0 percent.” Finally: An Unusually Awesome Jobs Report|Daniel Gross|December 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST She endured agonies of remorse for that, and yet hourly excused herself to herself. Throckmorton|Molly Elliot Seawell But hourly that green hill came nearer, and towards dusk of the second day it hung above us. The Path of the King|John Buchan Most of to-day I have spent under roof, brooding over the somber problem which hourly grows more threatening. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills|Edwin Carlile Litsey There were not enough of them to serve as a foil to the shining deeds which were of daily and hourly occurrence. Kitchener's Mob|James Norman Hall One poor fellow can not be convinced but assassins are hourly trying to stab or shoot him. Fifteen Years in Hell|Luther Benson
British Dictionary definitions for hourly
adjectiveof, occurring, or done every hour done in or measured by the hourwe are paid an hourly rate continual or frequent adverbevery hour at any moment or time Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hourlyyearly, recurrent, intermittent, annual, occasional, repeated, regular, routine, sporadic, seasonal, monthly, recurring, weekly, periodical, alternate, cyclical, daily, infrequent, perennial, rhythmic |