hourly
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
hourly (not comparable)
- 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.
- Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.
Derived terms
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that occurs every hour
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Adverb
hourly (not comparable)
- 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.
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Noun
hourly (plural hourlies)
- 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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