nightly — nightly, nocturnal, night all mean of, relating to, or associated with the night. Nightly, opposed to daily, may mean no more than this {all is quiet, no alarms; nothing fear of nightly harms Housman} {the increase in body size may have been an… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Nightly — Night ly, a. Of or pertaining to the night, or to every night; happening or done by night, or every night; as, nightly shades; he kept nightly vigils. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Nightly — may refer to: An event which occurs once every night. Nightly build (or nightly release) See also Daily (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
Nightly — Night ly, adv. At night; every night. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nightly — (adj.) O.E. nihtlic nocturnal, of the night, at night; see NIGHT (Cf. night) + LY (Cf. ly) (1). As an adverb, M.E. nihtlich, from the adjective … Etymology dictionary
nightly — [adj/adv] each evening; after dark at night, by night, every night, in the night, night after night, nights, nighttime, nocturnal, nocturnally; concepts 541,799,801 Ant. daily … New thesaurus
nightly — ► ADJECTIVE 1) happening or done every night. 2) happening, done, or existing in the night. ► ADVERB ▪ every night … English terms dictionary
nightly — [nīt′lē] adj. 1. Obs. of, like, or characteristic of the night 2. done or occurring every night adv. 1. Obs. at night 2. night after night; every night … English World dictionary
nightly — [[t]na͟ɪtli[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A nightly event happens every night. I m sure we watched the nightly news, and then we turned on the movie... For months at a time, air raids were a nightly occurrence. ADV: usu ADV after v Nightly is also an adverb.… … English dictionary
nightly — /nuyt lee/, adj. 1. coming or occurring each night: his nightly walk to the newsstand. 2. coming, occurring, appearing, or active at night: nightly revels. 3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of night: the nightly gloom before a storm. adv. 4 … Universalium
