Definition of HOURLY

hourly

Plural: hourlies

Adjective Satellite

  • occurring every hour or payable by the hour
    • "hourly chimes"
    • "hourly pay"

Adverb

  • every hour; by the hour
    • "daily, hourly, I grew stronger"

Adj

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

Adv

  • At intervals of an hour.

Noun

  • Something produced each hour.

Adjective

  • Occurring or done every hour; calculated by the hour.

Examples

  • Express buses depart hourly.
  • My score was updated hourly, revealing the slow but steady progress of the game.
  • She never reads her hourly report, but let her hourlies be fifteen minutes late and she raises a ruckus.
  • There are hourly express buses.

Origin / Etymology

From hour + -ly.

Scrabble Score: 12

hourly: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hourly: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hourly: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hourly: valid Words With Friends Word