hourwise adjective 1adverb 1 adjective1 •Hourly or in terms of hours.Hourwise traffic volume variations on arterial, collector, residential streets in Ranchi township are shown in Fig. 2. — 1973 adverb1 •Hourly or in terms of hours.Let me proffer the observation that work done to a prescribed timetable, within a given time, produces and trains men who also do only the barest minumum by the hour and as it were hourwise. — 1957