Hourly

/ˈaʊ̯əli/ · adjective

Meaning

Occurring every hour..

Definitions by Sense

1. Occurring every hour.
2. Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.
3. At intervals of an hour.
4. Something produced each hour.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.

She never reads her hourly report, but let her hourlies be fifteen minutes late and she raises a ruckus.

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