/oweur"lee, ow"euhr-/ , 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.
5. every hour; hour by hour.
6. at each hour or during every hour.
7. frequently; continually.
[ 1425-75; late ME; see HOUR, -LY ]