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[ nahyt-lee ] / ˈnaɪt li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nightly ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecoming or occurring each night: his nightly walk to the newsstand. coming, occurring, appearing, or active at night: nightly revels. of, relating to, or characteristic of night: the nightly gloom before a storm. adverbon every night: performances given nightly. at or by night: an animal that is seen nightly. Origin of nightlybefore 900; Middle English; Old English nihtlīc.See night, -ly Words nearby nightlynight letter, nightlife, night-light, night lizard, nightlong, nightly, nightmare, nightmarish, night monkey, night-night, night nurse Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nightlyTheir nightly flights bring with them the powers to pollinate plants and control insect populations. Bats’ Link to Ebola Finally Solved|Carrie Arnold|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST But beyond the execution of her show on a nightly basis, Chelsea Handler as a late-night host at all was revolutionary. Chelsea Handler Ends 'Chelsea Lately' With One Last Middle Finger|Kevin Fallon|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST After a month of almost nightly shelling, about 600,000 people are believed to remain in Donetsk. From Embattled Donetsk, a Plea for Body Bags|Anna Nemtsova|August 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST See Katie Couric as the first female nightly news anchor as proof. Why Late Night Television Needs a Woman|Emily Shire|April 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The explanation is simple, and is as accessible as the nightly news. Thanks, Anti-Vaxxers. You Just Brought Back Measles in NYC.|Russell Saunders|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is said that this Copland gave the great bell, which made the fifth in the ring, to be rung nightly at nine of the clock. The Survey of London|John Stow Some said the Devil had come and carried him off, just as he nightly did Mr. Punch. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard Nicholas Newman has passed on, perhaps crying his losses elsewhere, but this nightly tolling is still a custom. An Old Town By The Sea|Thomas Bailey Aldrich Nightly he plunged from the sweat-lodge into the lake and later slept the sleep of utter weariness under a deerskin cover. Diane of the Green Van|Leona Dalrymple He had obviously supped nightly on stout and fish-and-chips. Nights in London|Thomas Burke
British Dictionary definitions for nightly
adjectivehappening or relating to each night happening at night Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to nightlynocturnal, nighttime, nights |