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night·ly
(nīt′lē)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.
night′ly adv.
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nightly
(ˈnaɪtlɪ)adj
1. happening or relating to each night
2. happening at night
adv
at night or each night
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night•ly
(ˈnaɪt li)adj.
1. coming or occurring each night or at night.
2. appearing or active at night.
3. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of night.
adv. 4. on every night: performances given nightly.
5. at or by night.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English nihtlīc]
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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" |
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nightly
adjective
1. nocturnal, night-time One of the nurses came by on her nightly rounds.
adverb
1. every night, nights (informal), each night, night after night She had prayed nightly for his safe return.
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nightly
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Translations
لَيْلي
každonočněkaždonoční
hver nat
éjszakánként
á hverri nóttu; á hverju kvöldi
každú noc
nočen
her gece
nightly
[ˈnaɪtlɪ]A. ADV → todas las noches
B. ADJ → de noche, nocturno; (regular) → de todas las noches
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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
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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
nightly
adj (= every night) → (all)nächtlich; (= every evening) → (all)abendlich; nightly performances (Theat) → allabendliche Vorstellung; the nightly television news → die Abendnachrichten im Fernsehen
adv (= every night) → jede Nacht; (= every evening) → jeden Abend; performances nightly → jeden Abend Vorstellung; three performances nightly → jeden Abend drei Vorstellungen; twice nightly → zweimal pro Abend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
nightly
[ˈnaɪtlɪ]1. adv → ogni notte, tutte le notti; (evening) → ogni sera, tutte le sere
2. adj → di ogni notte, di tutte le notti; (evening) → di ogni sera, di tutte le sere; (by night) → notturno/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
night
(nait) noun1. the period from sunset to sunrise. We sleep at night; They talked all night (long); He travelled by night and rested during the day; The days were warm and the nights were cool; (also adjective) He is doing night work.
2. the time of darkness. In the Arctic in winter, night lasts for twenty-four hours out of twenty-four.
ˈnightly adjective, adverb every night. a nightly news programme; He goes there nightly.
ˈnight-club noun a club open at night for drinking, dancing, entertainment etc.
ˈnightdress, ˈnightgown noun a garment for wearing in bed.
ˈnightfall noun the beginning of night; dusk.
ˈnightmare noun a frightening dream. I had a nightmare about being strangled.
ˈnightmarish adjectiveˈnight-school noun
(a place providing) educational classes held in the evenings for people who are at work during the day.
ˈnight shift1. (a period of) work during the night. He's on (the) night shift this week.
2. the people who work during this period. We met the night shift leaving the factory.
ˈnight-time noun the time when it is night. Owls are usually seen at night-time.
ˌnight-ˈwatchman noun a person who looks after a building etc during the night.
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