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# hourly

adjective (hourly); adverb (hourly)

«hourly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Hourly means happening every hour, once an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#m1)
2. Hourly means counted or paid by the hour: an hourly wage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#m2)
3. (adverb) Hourly can mean very often, any time now: «expected hourly». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths problems it means «per hour»: an hourly rate of £10 means 10 pounds for each hour; to find the total, multiply the hourly rate by the number of hours. In everyday life, buses run hourly and the news is updated hourly. Phrases: «hourly rate», «hourly pay», «on the hour, every hour».

### Examples

- The bus to town runs hourly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x1)
- Her hourly pay is £12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x2)
- She earns £12 an hour, so for 5 hours she earns £60. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x3)
- The weather app shows an hourly forecast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x4)
- The nurse checked his temperature hourly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x5)
- The news is on hourly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x6)
- They expect the baby to arrive hourly! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/#x7)

### Note

Both an adjective (an hourly bus) and an adverb (the bus runs hourly). The h is silent: «OUR-lee», so use «an»: «an hourly bus». Maths: hourly rate × hours = total; total ÷ hours = hourly rate. Do not confuse with «hour by hour» (gradually) or «every half hour».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hourly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hourly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hourly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hourly.html) on Mova free.