hourly
(adjective) occurring every hour or payable by the hour; “hourly chimes”; “hourly pay”
hourly
(adverb) every hour; by the hour; “daily, hourly, I grew stronger”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hourly (not comparable)
Occurring every hour.
Unsalaried, paid by the hour; (by extension) blue-collar.
hourly (not comparable)
At intervals of an hour.
hourly (plural hourlies)
Something produced each hour.
Source: Wiktionary
Hour"ly, a.
Definition: Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour; frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual. In hourly expectation of a martyrdom. Sharp.
Hour"ly, adv.
Definition: Every hour; frequently; continually. Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
