1
: happening, done, or used by night or every night
2
: of or relating to the night or every night
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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Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The planets and Moon do nearly the same thing, just with the tiny, extra addition of their nightly motion relative to the background of stars superimposed atop that rate.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Also scheduled nightly are synchronized music and light shows.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Places such as Stormrunners Tavern and O’Maddy’s Bar & Grille, both along the beachfront, offer nightly performers.
—Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
The planets and Moon do nearly the same thing, just with the tiny, extra addition of their nightly motion relative to the background of stars superimposed atop that rate.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
In this final phase, with international guests present, lavish dinners were orchestrated nightly, which was itself a feat, considering there were few good restaurants in Petaluma at the time.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Also scheduled nightly are synchronized music and light shows.
—Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nightly
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“Nightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nightly. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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