Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hourly
IPA transcription: ['aʊɹli]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hourly
    Meaning: occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly chimes"; "hourly pay"
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hourly
    Meaning: every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger"
Usage examples
  • He was oppressed with business cares; daily, hourly vexations.
  • Slavery was crushing him hourly, and he felt that he could not submit any longer.
  • The sense of solitude under this aggressive and tremendous delusion was agony, hourly death to my soul.
  • But supported by the testimony of such realities as breakfasts, long untiring walks and unvarying blooming healthfulness, she thanked God hourly.
  • He was compelled almost hourly to wage battles for his location, for there was something fine about the old stag sumac that attracted homestead seekers.
  • To Harry's impatience the winter wore slowly away while he was confined within the hospital walls; yet the daily, almost hourly sight of May Allison's sweet face, and the sound of her musical voice, went far to reconcile him to this life of inactivity and "inglorious ease," as he termed it in his moments of restless longing to be again in the field.