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Synonyms: Adverb
again and again, constantly, continually, frequently, much, oft, often, oftentimes (or ofttimes), over and over, repeatedly
Antonyms: Adverb
infrequently, little, rarely, seldom
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That compares to a median $11 hourly wage earned by immigrants in direct care nationwide, according to the PHI report. — Clare Ansberry, WSJ, "The Bond Between an African Caregiver and Her New Jersey ‘Mum’," 1 Oct. 2018 Vietnam veteran Bill Nutter died in 2016 while an aide who was supposed to check on him hourly allegedly played video games on her computer and didn’t check on him at all. — BostonGlobe.com, "Secret VA nursing-home ratings hid poor quality care from public," 18 June 2018 Vietnam veteran Bill Nutter died in 2016 while an aide who was supposed to check on him hourly allegedly played video games on her computer and didn’t check on him at all. — BostonGlobe.com, "Secret VA nursing-home ratings hid poor quality care from public," 18 June 2018 Getting there: Ferries depart hourly from Mackinac City and St. Ignace to Mackinac Island and take around 25 minutes. 5. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Best Islands in the U.S.: 2018 Readers' Choice Awards," 9 Oct. 2018 Despite seeing her hourly wage nearly double, Shani Rahman still lives in a Bronx homeless shelter with her 3-year-old daughter Monique. — Anne Kadet, WSJ, "Here’s How New Yorkers Make It in the Big Apple on $15 an Hour," 16 Oct. 2018 Merkley wrote his amendment to apply to hourly, not salaried, workers. — Jenna Sauers, Harper's BAZAAR, "Why Women Really Quit Breastfeeding," 17 July 2018 Vietnam veteran Bill Nutter died in 2016 while an aide who was supposed to check on him hourly allegedly played video games on her computer and didn’t check on him at all. — BostonGlobe.com, "Secret VA nursing-home ratings hid poor quality care from public," 18 June 2018 Being eliminated as the factory shuts down are 205 hourly and 31 salaried positions. — Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "GE to close Waukesha engine plant, cutting 236 jobs over 8 months," 29 June 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
About a third of business and financial economists surveyed in the past week as part of The Wall Street Journal’s monthly poll said an hourly minimum wage above the current level of $7.25 an hour but below $10 would cause job losses. — Harriet Torry, WSJ, "Raising Minimum Wage Would Cost Jobs, Say Economists in WSJ Survey," 11 Apr. 2019 Today, a team of traffic specialists works out of a trailer at the airport armed with data on anticipated hourly passenger numbers and with a playbook for how to open and close roads whenever gridlock threatens. — Paul Berger, WSJ, "LaGuardia’s High-Flying Makeover Has Travelers Doing Double-Takes," 23 Feb. 2019 The new law means the state would have to pay more, including $230 million in additional costs in 2021 when the hourly pay floor rises to $10. — John O'connor, The Seattle Times, "Governor signs measure to hike Illinois minimum wage to $15," 19 Feb. 2019 The disparity in the median hourly rate between women and men for the club was 30.5%. — Jennifer Calfas, Time, "Almost 80% of U.K. Companies Pay Women Less Than Men," 5 Apr. 2018 Butler’s Tyler Wideman hires Burton, who charges college players a $30 hourly rate. — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, "Doyel: NBA prospects prepare for 2018 NBA Draft in hard-to-find Zionsville barn," 3 Apr. 2018 Warranty work, which is prevalent at dealerships, earns a lower hourly rate, and techs are often pushed to finish it quickly. — Benjamin Preston, Car and Driver, "Wanted: A Shortage of Qualified Automotive Technicians Has Left Service Departments Scrambling To Find New Talent," 22 Mar. 2018 In the past 12 months, cash bonuses only gave workers an extra 2 cents in average hourly compensation, adjusted for inflation. — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, "The GOP tax bill only gave workers 2 cents more per hour in bonuses," 18 Dec. 2018 Members of the working class also typically work for an hourly wage instead of a salary and have less overall job security than middle- or upper-class folk. — Kim Kelly, Teen Vogue, "What the "Working Class" Is, and How It's Politicized," 13 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hourly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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