HOURLY


Meaning of HOURLY in English

/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 ]

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