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Feb 12, 2012
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hour•ly



Pronunciation: (ouur'lē, ou'ur-), [key]
—adj.
1. of, pertaining to, occurring, or done each successive hour: hourly news reports.
2. computed or totaled in terms of an hour; using an hour as a basic unit of reckoning: hourly wages.
3. hired to work for wages by the hour: hourly workers.
4. frequent; continual.

—adv.
1. every hour; hour by hour.
2. at each hour or during every hour.
3. frequently; continually.

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