nightly
part of speech
adjective (a nightly walk); adverb (it happens nightly)
meaning for a pupil
1) Happening every night. tree →
2) Happening at night. tree →
sense in the lessons
It tells the reader how often something happens: once each night. In stories and news: the nightly news, nightly prayers. In maths, «nightly» means once per night, so over a week that is 7 times. Phrases: twice nightly, the nightly news.
examples
- Our dog gets a nightly walk. tree →
- Grandma watches the nightly news. tree →
- The owls hunt nightly in the woods. tree →
- The show plays twice nightly at the theatre. tree →
- Brush your teeth nightly before bed. tree →
- The hotel charges $80 nightly. tree →
- They were coming from their nightly carousal. tree →
note
Both adjective and adverb with the same form. Like daily, weekly, monthly. Maths: «$80 nightly for 3 nights» means 80 × 3 = 240. «Twice nightly» means 2 times each night. Do not confuse with «knightly» (like a knight), which sounds the same.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «nightly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.