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hourly

/ˈaʊ̯əli//ˈaʊ̯ɚli/

hourly adjective: occurring every hour.

Adjective

hourly (not comparable)

  1. Occurring every hour.
    • There are hourly express buses.
    • 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.1961 November, D. W. Beadle, “New long-distance electric units for the Italian State Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 671
    Synonyms:
    horary
  2. Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.

Adverb

hourly (not comparable)

  1. At intervals of an hour.
    • Express buses depart hourly.
    • 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.2022 January 12, “Network News: Thousands savour Okehampton visit”, in RAIL, number 948, page 11

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.

hourly meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

hourly in Tamil

மணிக்கொருமுறை, அடிக்கடி

hourly in Marathi

तासागणिक

hourly in Urdu

اکثر, گھنٹے کے حساب سے, گھڑی گھڑی, مسلسل

hourly in Bengali

ঘনঘন, প্রতি ঘণ্টায়, প্রায়ই
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hourly in Malayalam
മണിക്കൂർതോറുമുള്ള, കൂടെക്കൂടെയുള്ള, നിരന്തരമായി
hourly in Punjabi
ਘੰਟੇਵਾਰ, ਘੰਟੇ ਦਰ ਘੰਟੇ, ਘੰਟੇ ਦਰ ਘੰਟਾ
hourly in Gujarati
કલાકદીઠ
hourly in Odia
ଘଣ୍ଟାପ୍ରତି

Examples of hourly in a sentence

  • This spreadsheet lets you drill down to daily or even hourly sales figures.
  • We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.
  • This follows some heady gains in hourly wages for retail workers.

All 23 example sentences with hourly

Synonyms of hourly

Forms of hourly

pluralhourlies

Origin of hourly

From hour + -ly.

Words formed from hourly

Phrases with hourly

Questions about hourly

What does hourly mean?
Hourly means occurring every hour.
What is hourly in Tamil?
Hourly in Tamil is மணிக்கொருமுறை, அடிக்கடி. See Hourly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hourly?
Hourly can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce hourly?
Hourly is pronounced /ˈaʊ̯əli/ (UK).

Words near hourly in the dictionary

  1. houris
  2. hourless
  3. hourlessness
  4. hourlies
  5. hourlong
  6. hourly
  7. hourly rating
  8. hourly ratings
  9. hourly wage
  10. hourly wages
  11. Hourmazd

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hourly (page history and authors); hourly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hourly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hourly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hourly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hourly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hourly (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hourly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hourly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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