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Hurly vs Hourly - What's the difference?

hurly | hourly |

As nouns the difference between hurly and hourly

is that hurly is noise; confusion; uproar while hourly is something produced each hour.

As an adjective hourly is

that happens every hour.

As an adverb hourly is

at intervals of an hour.

hurly

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) noise; confusion; uproar
    • That, with the hurly , death itself awakes. — Shakespeare.
    (Webster 1913)

    hourly

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That happens every hour
    • There are hourly express buses.
  • Non-salaried, blue-collared

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • At intervals of an hour.
    • Express buses depart hourly .

    Noun

    (hourlies)
  • Something produced each hour.
    • She never reads her hourly report, but let her hourlies be fifteen minutes late and she raises a ruckus.
    English frequency adverbs