- a variation of nightie.
nighty
Americannoun
-
nighties
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
He kicked with demonic glee under my hideously ruffled maternity nighty as I masqueraded in the synthetic approximation of Mia Farrow’s pixie cut.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2015
First concrete objective is some new standard of international exchange to stabilize nighty currencies.
From Time Magazine Archive
But last May, when the House of Commons preferred the nighty brilliance of Mr. Churchill to the dignified ineffectuality of Neville Chamberlain, it acquiesced in a revolution in British politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Arabella ran upstairs and got her nighty and her little flannel gown.
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk by Daniel Edwin Wheeler
It gathers up all that is weak, all that is nighty, all that is cruel, even all that is cowardly, and hurls the whole, imbued with its own qualities, against whatever excites its rage.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
Cardigans and some of Martha's nighties are actually my gran's old stuff.
From Salon ● May 16, 2024
Neither are they innocent victims in white nighties.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2023
"It is okay to wear nighties at home but wearing them outdoors could attract attention and cause trouble for the wearer," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2018
When you want to go from ripped tights, nighties and smudged lipstick to something more suitable for the red carpet, Versace is the label.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2017
Savannah and I slept together in a double bed, wearing T-shirt nighties and hugging matching dolls.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
