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nightly

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night·ly  (ntl)
adj.
1. Of or occurring during the night; nocturnal: the cat's nightly prowl.
2. Happening or done every night: the physician's nightly rounds.

nightly adv.

nightly [ˈnaɪtlɪ]
adj
1. happening or relating to each night
2. happening at night
adv
at night or each night
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.nightly - happening every night; "nightly television now goes on until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m."
periodic, periodical - happening or recurring at regular intervals; "the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust"
Adv.1.nightly - at the end of each day; "she checks on her roses nightly"

nightly
adjective
nocturnal, night-time One of the nurses came by on her nightly rounds.
adverb
every night, nights (informal), each night, night after night She had prayed nightly for his safe return.
Translations
nightly [ˈnaɪtlɪ]
A. ADVtodas las noches
B. ADJde noche, nocturno; (regular) → de todas las noches
nightly [ˈnaɪtli]
adj [news] → du soir
Air raids were a nightly occurrence → Les attaques aériennes se reproduisaient chaque nuit.
on a nightly basis (= every evening) → tous les soirs (= every night) → toutes les nuits
adv (= every night) → chaque nuit (= every evening) → chaque soir
nightly
adj (= every night)(all)nächtlich; (= every evening)(all)abendlich; nightly performances (Theat) → allabendliche Vorstellung; the nightly television newsdie Abendnachrichten im Fernsehen
adv (= every night)jede Nacht; (= every evening)jeden Abend; performances nightlyjeden Abend Vorstellung; three performances nightlyjeden Abend drei Vorstellungen; twice nightlyzweimal pro Abend
nightly [ˈnaɪtlɪ]
1. advogni notte, tutte le notti; (evening) → ogni sera, tutte le sere
2. adjdi ogni notte, di tutte le notti; (evening) → di ogni sera, di tutte le sere; (by night) → notturno/a

nightly [ˈnaɪtlɪ]
1. advogni notte, tutte le notti; (evening) → ogni sera, tutte le sere
2. adjdi ogni notte, di tutte le notti; (evening) → di ogni sera, di tutte le sere; (by night) → notturno/a


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Oh, ye only is it, ye dark, nightly ones, that extract warmth from the shining ones
Thereafter my mother continued to keep me in the old tower, visiting me nightly and lavishing upon me the love the community life would have robbed us both of.
Then the ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore-- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore
 
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