hourly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite occurring every hour or payable by the hour
    • hourly chimes
    • hourly pay
  2. adverb every hour; by the hour
    • daily, hourly, I grew stronger

WordNet

Hour"ly adjective
Definitions
  1. Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.
    In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. Sharp.
Hour"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. Every hour; frequently; continually.
    Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed. Dryden.

Webster 1913