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nightly

  • adjective
  • /ˈnaɪtli/

Happening or appearing in the night; night-time; nocturnal.

Example

“nightly dews”

Other meanings

  1. Performing, occurring, or taking place every night.

    “The dog demanded to go out for his nightly walk.”

  2. Used in the night.

Word history

From Old English "nihtlīċ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “nightly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.