Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Occurring every hour.
  • adjective Frequent; continual.
  • adjective By the hour as a unit.
  • adverb At or during every hour.
  • adverb Frequently; continually.
  • noun An employee paid by the hour.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; continuing from hour to hour; hence, frequent; often repeated.
  • Every hour; hour by hour; frequently.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.
  • adverb Every hour; frequently; continually.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That happens every hour
  • adjective Non-salaried, blue-collared
  • adverb At intervals of an hour.
  • noun Something produced each hour.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective occurring every hour or payable by the hour
  • adverb every hour; by the hour

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

hour +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

  • As far as I know since 2001 there has been a Pullman de Morelos almost hourly from the airport.

    Cuernavaca 2009

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