nightlong

[nahyt-lawng, -long, nahyt-lawng, -long]

adjective

1. lasting all night.

   a nightlong snowfall.

adverb

1. through the entire night.

   Volunteer sandbag crews worked nightlong to stem the floodwaters.

nightlong

/ ˈnaɪtˌlɒŋ /

adjective

1. throughout the night

Word History and Origins

Origin of nightlong¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English nihtlang (adverb) “for the space of a night”; night, long ¹

Example Sentences

Swathed in red and white, they crammed into one corner of the century-old stadium for what amounted to a nightlong celebration.

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As they roamed the streets, the protesters set off small fires that would soon draw in the police, in what has become a nightlong game of cat-and-mouse.

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Known as the Argus Array Pathfinder, it will register changes in the stars second by second, essentially making a nightlong celestial movie.

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Appearing in fitted tops and mini skirts after nightlong partying, Naomi is, well, the black sheep in more ways than the most obvious racial one.

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But tonight the wind is blowing out, and he just didn’t give them any swings all nightlong.”

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