hourly

Etymology

Definitions

1. 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.
2. 2

   Unsalaried, paid by the hour

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

3. 3

   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.
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   1. 4

      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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