adj
Meaning 1
Happening or appearing in the night; night-time; nocturnal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- nightly dews
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
nightly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈnaɪtli/
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rhymes with -aɪtli
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homophone: knightly
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CMU ARPABET: N AY1 T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Performing, occurring, or taking place every night.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The dog demanded to go out for his nightly walk.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Used in the night.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
Every night.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He checks his email nightly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A build of a software program with the latest changes, released every night.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
happening every night
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- nightly television now goes on until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 7
at the end of each day
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she checks on her roses nightly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: every night
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English nyȝtly, nihtlich, nihtlic, from Old English nihtlīċ, nihtelīċ (“nocturnal, nightly, of the night, at night”), equivalent to night + -ly. Cognate with Scots nichtlie (“nightly”), West Frisian nachtlik (“nightly, nocturnal”), Dutch nachtelijk (“nightly, nocturnal”), German nächtlich (“nocturnal, nightly”), Danish natlig (“nightly”), Swedish nattlig (“nightly, nocturnal”).
From Middle English nyghtly, neghtly, from Old English *nihtlīċe (“nightly”), equivalent to night + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: natlig — occurring every night
- Finnish: jokaöinen — occurring every night
- Finnish: jokailtainen — occurring every night
- Hindi: रात्रिक (rātrik) — occurring every night
- Italian: notturno — occurring every night
- Polish: conocny — occurring every night
- Russian: ежено́щный (ježenóščnyj) — occurring every night
- Russian: ежено́чный (ježenóčnyj) — occurring every night
- Spanish: nocturno — occurring every night
- Ukrainian: щоні́чний (ščoníčnyj) — occurring every night
- Bulgarian: нощем (noštem) — every night
- Bulgarian: всяка нощ (vsjaka nošt) — every night
- Esperanto: nokte — every night
- Finnish: joka yö — every night
- Finnish: joka ilta — every night
- Hindi: रात्रिक (rātrik) — every night
- Hungarian: éjjelente — every night
- Hungarian: éjjelenként — every night
- Hungarian: éjszakánként — every night
- Italian: di notte — every night
- Italian: ogni notte — every night
- Russian: ежено́щно (ježenóščno) — every night
- Russian: ежено́чно (ježenóčno) — every night
- Russian: ка́ждую ночь (kážduju nočʹ) — every night
- Spanish: cada noche — every night
- Ukrainian: щоні́чно (ščoníčno) — every night
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