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hourly

hourly

11 1.0
Happening once every hour
  • adverb
  • /ˈaʊərli/
translation icon : cada hora
  • Guys, it's updated hourly, so it might change between the time you check it.
  • almost hourly
  • daily, hourly
  • paid hourly

Yeah, it's all kind of the schedule changes hourly.

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Examples

  • This alarm is set to go off hourly to remind us to eat.

  • Amy will be supervised by a team of child psychologists who record her progress hourly.

  • All of those who work here can experience that on a on a daily and hourly basis.

  • He'll text you probably hourly or all day and talk about how beautiful you are and how happy he is to have met you.

  • We are reminded daily, sometimes hourly, that this is supposed to be a special time of year.

    Blog text (26)
  • No, I listen to ABC News, their hourly for the headlines.

  • Under the contract, the company gets paid hourly to grind material.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Blood pressure and pulse were measured hourly until stabilization.

    Academic text (1995)
  • For example, Westlaw traditionally has billed customers hourly on its software.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The train departs hourly, making it convenient for commuters.

Compounds

1 3.6

Happens every thirty minutes

How Often

continuously
95 2.3
half-hourly
1 3.6
hourly
11 1.0
daily
1.0
occasionally
438 2.0

Surface Forms

hourly positive

Morphology

hourly = hour (transparent) = hour + ly

The word is transparently formed from 'hour' with the suffix '-ly', indicating frequency.

Etymology

Hourly comes from the simple word hour, first from Latin hora meaning 'an hour', plus the ending -ly that gives the idea 'in each hour'. So hourly means 'every hour' or 'by the hour', which is why we say data is uploaded hourly.