'Hourly' definitions:
Definition of 'hourly'
From: WordNet
adverb
Every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger"
adjective
Occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay"
Definition of 'Hourly'
From: GCIDE
- Hourly \Hour"ly\, adv. Every hour; frequently; continually. [1913 Webster]
- Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hourly'
From: GCIDE
- Hourly \Hour"ly\, a. Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual. [1913 Webster]
- In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. --Sharp. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hourly'
From: GCIDE
- Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See Cycle.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of acyclic.
- Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
- Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic; homocyclic, isocyclic]
- Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of noncyclic.
- Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal), alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)}; alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal); biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal; fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek, midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial; semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly, biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial; bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly; monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal); triennial] [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. Marked by repeated cycles[2]. [WordNet 1.5]
- Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
- Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. --Milman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hourly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- always,
- annual,
- at all times,
- biannual,
- biennial,
- bimonthly,
- biweekly,
- catamenial,
- ceaselessly,
- centenary,
- centennial,
- constantly,
- continually,
- cyclically,
- daily,
- daily and hourly,
- day after day,
- day and night,
- day by day,
- decennial,
- diurnal,
- epochally,
- ever,
- ever and anon,
- every day,
- every hour,
- every moment,
- fortnightly,
- hebdomadal,
- hour after hour,
- hour by hour,
- in time,
- incessantly,
- menstrual,
- momentary,
- momently,
- month after month,
- monthly,
- night and day,
- on and on,
- on the beat,
- perennially,
- periodically,
- perpetually,
- quarterly,
- quotidian,
- rapidly,
- recurrently,
- regularly,
- rhythmically,
- right along,
- seasonally,
- secular,
- semestral,
- semiannual,
- semimonthly,
- semiweekly,
- semiyearly,
- steadily,
- sustainedly,
- synchronously,
- tertian,
- triennial,
- unceasingly,
- unintermittently,
- uninterruptedly,
- unvaryingly,
- weekly,
- without cease,
- without letup,
- without stopping,
- year after year,
- yearly
Words containing 'Hourly'
- After hours,
- Hour,
- Hours,
- Canonical hours,
- Hour angle,
- Hour circle,
- Hour hand,
- Hour line,
- Hour plate,
- Kilowatt hour,
- Little hours,
- Post hour,
- Sidereal hour,
- Small hours,
- Solar hour,
- The small hours,
- To serve the hour,
- after-hours,
- canonical hour,
- credit hour,
- eleventh hour,
- for 24 hours,
- happy hour,
- light hour,
- man hour,
- person hour,
- rush hour,
- semester hour,
- witching hour,
- zero hour,
- 24-hour interval,
- Half-hourly,
- To keep bad hours,
- To keep good hours,
- ampere-hour,
- flower-of-an-hour,
- flowers-of-an-hour,
- half-hour,
- horsepower-hour,
- kilometers per hour,
- kilometres per hour,
- man-hour,
- miles per hour,
- quarter-hour,
- watt-hour,
- early-morning hour,
- half-hour glass,
- late-night hour,
- twenty-four hours,
- circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity,
- twenty-four hour period