hourly

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hourly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hourly \Hour"ly\, a.
     Happening or done every hour; occurring hour by hour;
     frequent; often repeated; renewed hour by hour; continual.
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           In hourly expectation of a martyrdom.    --Sharp.
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  Hourly \Hour"ly\, adv.
     Every hour; frequently; continually.
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           Great was their strife, which hourly was renewed.
                                                    --Dryden.
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  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.
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     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.
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     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]
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     4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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     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.
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hourly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hourly
      adv 1: every hour; by the hour; "daily, hourly, I grew stronger"
      adj 1: occurring every hour or payable by the hour; "hourly
             chimes"; "hourly pay"

hourly - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "hourly":
     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