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ПО ЧАСАМ PrepP Invar adv

1. in correspondence with a fixed time schedule

according to schedule

according to a strict timetable (right) on schedule (on time) by the clock.

Она кормит ребенка точно по часам. She feeds her baby according to a strict timetable.

Что же бы делали Соня, граф и графиня... ежели бы не было этих пилюль по часам, питья тёпленького, куриной котлетки и всех подробностей жизни, предписанных доктором, соблюдать которые составляло занятие и утешение для окружающих? (Толстой 6). What would Sonya and the Count and Countess have done...had there not been those pills to administer by the clock, the warm drinks, the chicken patties, and all the rest of the regimen prescribed by the doctors, the carrying out of which kept them occupied and provided consolation? (6a).

2. obs (used with impfv verbs) (in refer, to a gradual intensification or diminishing of sth. ) constantly over the course of time

with every (each) passing hour

every hour by the hour hour by hour.