hourly

(our'lē)
adj.

1. Occurring every hour: hourly chimes.
2. Frequent; continual: hourly changes in the plans.
3. By the hour as a unit: hourly pay.

adv.

1. At or during every hour: The news is broadcast hourly.
2. Frequently; continually: complaints that came hourly.

n. Informal, pl., -lies.
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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• Fixed Times - hourly: (adj) occurring every hour

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