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hourly en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈaʊ̯əli/ (UK)
  • /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor. Latin hōra Old French hourebor. Middle English houre English hour English -ly English hourly From hour + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring every hour.
    • 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. 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
    • 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:
    • There are hourly express buses.
  2. (not-comparable) Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.

Deriveds

bi-hourly · nonhourly · zenithal hourly rate · semihourly · hourly wage · quarter-hourly · semi-hourly · two-hourly · hourly rating · subhourly · bihourly · half-hourly · trihourly

Synonyms

horary

Translations (16)

de allstündlich (that occurs every hour) · ru почасово́й (that occurs every hour) · ga san uair (unsalaried, paid by the hour) · pl godzinowy (unsalaried, paid by the hour) · pl cogodzinny (that occurs every hour) · de stündlich (that occurs every hour) · ga gach uair an chloig (that occurs every hour) · bg ежеча́сен (that occurs every hour) · ka საათობრივი (that occurs every hour) · cy bob awr (that occurs every hour) · ru ежеча́сный (that occurs every hour) · es por hora (that occurs every hour) · be штогадзі́нны (that occurs every hour) · hu óránkénti (that occurs every hour) · cy ar yr awr (that occurs every hour) · uk щогоди́нний (that occurs every hour)

hourly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈaʊ̯əli/ (UK)
  • /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor. Latin hōra Old French hourebor. Middle English houre English hour English -ly English hourly From hour + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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:

Deriveds

semihourly · semi-hourly · bihourly · half-hourly

Translations (5)

hu óránként (at intervals of an hour) · ru ежеча́сно (at intervals of an hour) · ga in éadan na huaire (at intervals of an hour) · bg през час (at intervals of an hour) · de stündlich (at intervals of an hour)

hourly en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈaʊ̯əli/ (UK)
  • /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor. Latin hōra Old French hourebor. Middle English houre English hour English -ly English hourly From hour + -ly.

Meanings

  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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