nightly

[ nahyt-lee ]
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adjective
  1. coming or occurring each night: his nightly walk to the newsstand.

  2. coming, occurring, appearing, or active at night: nightly revels.

  1. 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.

Origin of nightly

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English nihtlīc.See night, -ly

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British Dictionary definitions for nightly

nightly

/ (ˈnaɪtlɪ) /


adjective
  1. happening or relating to each night

  2. happening at night

adverb
  1. at night or each night

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