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nightly(1) (iou)



nightly adjective. OE.
[from NIGHT noun + -LY1.]
Coming, happening, or occurring during the night; accomplished or done by night. OE.
E. Young By nightly march he purpos'd to surprize.
Belonging, pertaining, appropriate, or peculiar to the night; used by night; acting by night. Now literary. ME.
E. Jennings To become acquainted with nightly creatures.
b. Dark as, or with, night; resembling night; unenlightened. Now literary. LME.
Happening or occurring every night. E18.
W. Abish She was preparing his nightly cup of cocoa.