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NIGHTLY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happening every night
Example:
nightly television now goes on until 3:00 or 4:00 a.m.
Classified under:
Similar:
periodic; periodical (happening or recurring at regular intervals)
Derivation:
night (the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At the end of each day
Example:
she checks on her roses nightly
Synonyms:
every night; nightly
Classified under:
Context examples:
He learned, also, that he spoke nightly to the workmen in the City Hall Park, and that among the anarchists and agitators that there inflamed the minds of the people he drew the largest audiences and made the most revolutionary speeches.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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