hourly

adj, adv, noun — 4 senses

hourly

adj

UK /ˈaʊ̯əli/ · US /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/

Etymology From hour + -ly.

1

Occurring every hour.

There are hourly express buses.
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:

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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:

2

Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.

Derived terms: bihourly, bi-hourly, half-hourly, hourly rating, hourly wage, nonhourly, quarter-hourly, semihourly, semi-hourly, subhourly, trihourly, two-hourly

hourly

adv

Etymology From hour + -ly.

1

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:

Derived terms: bihourly, half-hourly, semihourly, semi-hourly

hourly

noun

Etymology From hour + -ly.

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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