nightly meaning

nightly means 'happening every night or during the night'.

nightly :

happening every night

adjective

▪ We have a nightly meeting.

▪ We have a meeting every night.

▪ The nightly news is on at 10 PM.

▪ The news every night is on at 10 PM.

paraphrasing

▪ daily – happening every day

▪ weekly – happening every week

▪ regular – happening often

▪ evening – happening in the evening

nightly :

every night

adverb

▪ He works nightly.

▪ He works every night.

▪ The stars shine nightly.

▪ The stars shine every night.

paraphrasing

▪ regularly – often

▪ consistently – always in the same way

▪ habitually – as a habit

▪ routinely – as a routine

Pronunciation

nightly [ˈnaɪt.li]

The stress is on 'night' and sounds like 'night-lee'.

Common phrases and grammar about nightly

nightly - Common meaning

adjective
happening every night
adverb
every night

Part of Speech Changes for "nightly"

▪ night (noun) – the time when it is dark outside

▪ nighttime (noun) – the time during the night

Common Expressions with "nightly"

▪ nightly routine – what you do every night

▪ nightly news – news shown every night

▪ nightly shift – work done every night

▪ nightly patrol – check done every night

Important examples of nightly in TOEIC

Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test

In TOEIC vocabulary questions, nightly is often used to describe regular evening activities.

▪The hotel offers nightly entertainment.
▪The hotel provides entertainment every night.

Example of a confusing word: nightly (noun)

▪The hotel offers nightly of entertainment.
▪The hotel provides a night of entertainment.
"Nightly" is an adjective meaning "happening every night" and is correctly used to describe the regular occurrence of entertainment in the sentence. It is important to note that "nightly" is not a noun, so it cannot be used as "nightly of entertainment." This would be grammatically incorrect because "nightly" should modify a noun directly, as in "nightly entertainment." Therefore, "nightly" as an adjective is the correct choice here.

Grammar examples from the TOEIC test

Nightly is used as both an adjective and an adverb in TOEIC grammar questions, showing frequency.

▪She checks the reports nightly.
▪She checks the reports every night.

nightly

Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC

nightly news

'news shown every night', used in media contexts.

▪The nightly news starts at 7 PM.
▪The news every night starts at 7 PM.

nightly rate

'cost per night', used in hotel pricing.

▪The nightly rate is $100.
▪The cost per night is $100.

Differences between similar words and nightly

nightly

,

daily

differences

Nightly means happening every night, while daily means happening every day.

nightly
▪We have a nightly meeting.
▪We have a meeting every night.
daily
▪We have a daily meeting.
▪We have a meeting every day.

nightly

,

weekly

differences

Nightly means happening every night, while weekly means happening every week.

nightly
▪He works nightly.
▪He works every week.
weekly
▪He works weekly.
▪He works every week.

Words with the same origin as nightly

The origin of nightly

The word's etymology is not clear.

Word structure

The analysis of the word's composition is unclear.

Words with the same origin

The word's root is unclear or difficult to confirm.

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