Definitions for hourly

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hourly hour·ly

Spelling: [ouuh r-lee, ou-er-]

IPA: /ˈaʊər li, ˈaʊ ər-/

Hourly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in hourly (hloruy).

Definitions for hourly

adverb

1. every hour; hour by hour.
2. at each hour or during every hour.
3. frequently; continually.

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, occurring, or done each successive hour:
2. computed or totaled in terms of an hour; using an hour as a basic unit of reckoning:
3. hired to work for wages by the hour:
4. frequent; continual.

Origin of hourly

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at hour, -ly

Examples for hourly

Location: A Hollywood PR firm whose hourly rate is more than your annual salary (probably).

For months I had received daily and hourly the most signal benefits from his hands.

I will hourly pray for that happy time, whispered as audibly Mr. Solmes.

She was deeply wounded and silent, uncomplaining; she seemed to be dying hourly.

It was the thinnest of clues, based on hourly signals showing that the 777 was still “alive.”

Skill in the sober science of life is my most serious, and hourly study.

Not only do dancers not get an hourly wage, they are usually forced to pay ‘stage fees’ to work each shift.

In the past year, per the BLS, “average hourly earnings have risen by 48 cents, or 2.0 percent.”

In Scotland, hourly wage inequality matches the rest of the United Kingdom once the skew of London is factored out.

And these blemishes were her torment, her hourly thought and worry.