nightly

[nahyt-lee]

adjective

1. coming or occurring each night.

   his nightly walk to the newsstand.

2. coming, occurring, appearing, or active at night.

   nightly revels.

3. of, relating to, or characteristic of night.

   the nightly gloom before a storm.

adverb

1. on every night.

   performances given nightly.

2. at or by night.

   an animal that is seen nightly.

nightly

/ ˈnaɪtlɪ /

adjective

1. happening or relating to each night

2. happening at night

adverb

1. at night or each night

Word History and Origins

Origin of nightly¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English nihtlīc. See night, -ly

Example Sentences

In his nightly address, Zelensky said Ukraine needed peace and would engage in diplomacy and issue no rash statements.

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At the time, the expectation was that she could be brought along as a talented No. 2 while the Trojans’ generational star JuJu Watkins commanded all the outside noise and nightly double teams.

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Russia has battered Ukraine's energy grid with nightly drone and missile strikes in what Kyiv calls cynical attacks that seek to plunge millions of Ukrainians into the darkness and cold through the winter.

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As a youngster, Murphy says he had a nightly ritual where he would repeatedly go into the kitchen and check the stove to see if the gas was on.

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Much of that was down to reducing the average nightly cost per person, as a result of room sharing and cheaper accommodation being used.

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Related Words

• evening 
• night 
• nighttime 
• nocturnal