adjective
- coming or occurring each night: his nightly walk to the newsstand.
- coming, occurring, appearing, or active at night: nightly revels.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of night: the nightly gloom before a storm.
adverb
adjective
- happening or relating to each night
- happening at night
adverb
- at night or each night
Old English nihtlic “nocturnal, of the night, at night;” see night + -ly (1). As an adverb, Middle English nihtlich, from the adjective.