hourly
adjective/ˈaʊərli/
Frequency rank: #5,972 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
done or occurring once every hour; by the hour.
Example sentence
The nurses followed a strict hourly schedule to check the patient's temperature throughout the night.
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