hourly
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hour·ly
(our'lē) 
adj.
An employee paid by the hour.
adj.
- Occurring every hour: hourly chimes.
- Frequent; continual: hourly changes in the plans.
- By the hour as a unit: hourly pay.
- At or during every hour: The news is broadcast hourly.
- Frequently; continually: complaints that came hourly.
An employee paid by the hour.
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IN BRIEF: Occurring every sixty minutes.
If you are asked what o'clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman.
— Lord Chesterfield Stanhope (1694-1773)
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