Happening or appearing in the night: as, nightly dews.Taking place or performed every night.Used in the night.Synonyms Nightly, Nocturnal. The former is the more familiar. Nightly tends to limitation to that which occurs every night (see definition 2), while nocturnal tends to cover both that which belongs to the night, as nocturnal insects, flowers, vision, and that which exists or occurs, however accidentally, in the night, as a nocturnal ramble.By night.Every night.