hourly
/ˈaʊ̯ɚli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.
adv
At intervals of an 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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.? Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor. Latin hōra Old French hourebor. Middle English houre English hour English -ly English hourly From hour + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈaʊ̯ɚli/
- British English: /ˈaʊ̯əli/