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Hourly definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOUR'LY, a. our'ly. Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated.
Observe the waning moon with hourly view.
1. Continual.
We must live in hourly expectation of having the troops recalled.
HOUR'LY, adv. our'ly. Every hour; frequently; continually.
Great was their strife which hourly was renewed.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay" adv
1: every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger"

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Date: 15th century at or during every hour; also frequently, continually II. adjective Date: circa 1530 1. a. occurring hour by hour <hourly bus service> b. frequent, continual <in hourly expectation of the rain's stopping> 2. computed in terms of an hour <an hourly wage> 3. paid by the hour <hourly workers>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & adv. --adj. 1 done or occurring every hour. 2 frequent, continual. 3 reckoned hour by hour (hourly wage). --adv. 1 every hour. 2 frequently, continually.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hourly Hour"ly, a. Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual. In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. --Sharp.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hourly Hour"ly, adv. Every hour; frequently; continually. Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. An hourly event happens once every hour. He flipped on the radio to get the hourly news broadcast. ADJ: ADJ n • Hourly is also an adverb. The hospital issued press releases hourly. ADV: ADV after v 2. Your hourly earnings are the money that you earn in one hour. They have little prospect of finding new jobs with the same hourly pay. ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. 1. Every hour. 2. Frequently, continually.

Moby Thesaurus

always, annual, at all times, biannual, biennial, bimonthly, biweekly, catamenial, ceaselessly, centenary, centennial, constantly, continually, cyclically, daily, daily and hourly, day after day, day and night, day by day, decennial, diurnal, epochally, ever, ever and anon, every day, every hour, every moment, fortnightly, hebdomadal, hour after hour, hour by hour, in time, incessantly, menstrual, momentary, momently, month after month, monthly, night and day, on and on, on the beat, perennially, periodically, perpetually, quarterly, quotidian, rapidly, recurrently, regularly, rhythmically, right along, seasonally, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly, semiyearly, steadily, sustainedly, synchronously, tertian, triennial, unceasingly, unintermittently, uninterruptedly, unvaryingly, weekly, without cease, without letup, without stopping, year after year, yearly