Hourly Common

Hourly has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

Something produced each hour.

"The factory produces an hourly batch of widgets to ensure steady output throughout the day."

In plain English: An hourly is someone who gets paid based on how many hours they work instead of getting a fixed amount for each job or project.

"The delivery charge is fifty dollars hourly, so you can expect to pay more if the job takes longer than planned."

Adjective

occurring every hour or payable by the hour

"hourly chimes"

"hourly pay"

hourly

Occurring every hour.

"The train runs hourly, arriving at the station on the top of every hour."

Adverb

every hour; by the hour

"daily, hourly, I grew stronger"

hourly

At intervals of an hour.

"The gardener watered the plants hourly throughout the day to keep them hydrated."

Example Sentences

"The delivery charge is fifty dollars hourly, so you can expect to pay more if the job takes longer than planned." noun

"The hourly rate for the consultant is quite high compared to other freelancers." noun

"He works strictly by the hour rather than receiving an annual salary." noun

"The cost of parking was charged on an hourly basis throughout the day." noun

Origin

The word hourly is formed by adding the suffix -ly to the noun hour. It entered English as a straightforward combination meaning "occurring every hour."

Rhyming Words

orly burly curly carly hurly karly parly surly wurly early marly airly girly whirly quirly nearly fairly uberly charly knurly

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