1
: happening, done, or used by night or every night
2
: of or relating to the night or every night
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Examples of nightly in a Sentence
Adjective
There were nightly attacks on the city.
These clubs provide nightly entertainment.
Adverb
She performs at the club nightly.
The restaurant serves dinner nightly.
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
She was thrown out of her hotel residence for her nightly trysts and was deemed morally unfit to teach after an affair with a 17-year-old boy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees is in full swing, and millions of people in the US and abroad are tuning in nightly watch the showdown.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Anything else removed is related to Giuliani’s nightly livestreams, Goodman said.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
She was thrown out of her hotel residence for her nightly trysts and was deemed morally unfit to teach after an affair with a 17-year-old boy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Adverb
The Frozen Holiday Surprise stage show returns nightly to Cinderella Castle.
—Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees is in full swing, and millions of people in the US and abroad are tuning in nightly watch the showdown.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Nightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nightly. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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