hourly: Meaning and Definition of

hour•ly

Pronunciation: (our'lē, ou'ur-), [key]
— adj.
  1. of, pertaining to, occurring, or done each successive hour: hourly news reports.
  2. computed or totaled in terms of an hour; using an hour as a basic unit of reckoning: hourly wages.
  3. hired to work for wages by the hour: hourly workers.
  4. frequent; continual.
—adv.
  1. every hour; hour by hour.
  2. at each hour or during every hour.
  3. frequently; continually.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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