nightly
Happening or appearing in the nightHappening or appearing in the night; night-time; nocturnal.
» The policeman was on his usual nightly round.
Полицейский совершал свой обычный ночной обход. — elsteris
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3 senses(not comparable)Happening or appearing in the night; night-time; nocturnal.
nightly dews
happening every night
(not comparable)Performing, occurring, or taking place every night.
The dog demanded to go out for his nightly walk.
ежено́щныйježenóščnyj, ежено́чныйježenóčnyj
щоні́чнийščoníčnyj
(not comparable)Used in the night.
Examples
9 sentencesThe policeman was on his usual nightly round.
ruПолицейский совершал свой обычный ночной обход. — elsteris
The orchestra plays nightly the whole night through.
deDas Orchester spielt jede Nacht die ganze Nacht durch. — Zaghawa
The policeman was doing his nightly rounds in the area.
The town's reprobate element gathered nightly in the dim corner of the tavern.
Nemesio loved to fall asleep to the nightly lullaby of the crickets' summer chirping.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English nyȝtly, nihtlich, nihtlic, from Old English nihtlīċ, nihtelīċ (“nocturFrom 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”).
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