hourly

English

Etymology

From hour +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯əli/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/

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Adjective

hourly (not comparable)

1. Occurring every hour.

   There are hourly express buses.

   • 1961 November, D. W. Beadle, “New long-distance electric units for the Italian State Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 671:

     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.

   • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:

     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.

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

Derived terms

• bihourly, bi-hourly
• half-hourly
• hourly rating
• hourly wage
• quarter-hourly
• semihourly, semi-hourly
• two-hourly

 

Translations

that occurs every hour

• Belarusian: штогадзі́нны (štohadzínny)
• Bulgarian: ежеча́сен (ežečásen)
• Georgian: საათობრივი (saatobrivi)
• German: stündlich (de), allstündlich (de)
• Hungarian: óránkénti (hu)
• Polish: cogodzinny
• Russian: ежеча́сный (ru) (ježečásnyj), почасово́й (ru) (počasovój) (of transportation timetables, pay)
• Spanish: por hora
• Ukrainian: щогоди́нний (ščohodýnnyj)

unsalaried, paid by the hour

• Polish: godzinowy (pl)

Adverb

hourly (not comparable)

1. At intervals of an hour.

   Express buses depart hourly.

   • 2022 January 12, “Network News: Thousands savour Okehampton visit”, in RAIL, number 948, page 11:

     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.

Derived terms

• bihourly
• half-hourly
• semihourly, semi-hourly

Translations

at intervals of an hour

• Bulgarian: през час (prez čas)
• German: stündlich (de)
• Hungarian: óránként (hu)
• Irish: in éadan na huaire
• Russian: ежеча́сно (ru) (ježečásno)

Noun

hourly (plural hourlies)

1. Something produced each hour.

   She never reads her hourly report, but let her hourlies be fifteen minutes late and she raises a ruckus.