different between nightly vs wightly

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?tli/
• Homophone: knightly

Etymology 1

From Middle English ny?tly, nihtlich, nihtlic, from Old English nihtl??, nihtel?? (“nocturnal, nightly, of the night, at night”), equivalent to night +? -ly. Cognate with Scots nichtlie (“nightly”), West Frisian nachtlik (“nightly, nocturnal”), Dutch nachtelijk (“nightly, nocturnal”), German nächtlich (“nocturnal, nightly”), Danish natlig (“nightly”), Swedish nattlig (“nightly, nocturnal”).

Adjective

nightly (not comparable)

1. Happening or appearing in the night; night-time; nocturnal.
   • 1871, John Tyndall, Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Lectures, and Reviews'

     A cobweb spread above a blossom Is sufficient to protect It from nightly chill.

2. Performing, occurring, or taking place every night.

3. Used in the night.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English nyghtly, neghtly, from Old English *nihtl??e (“nightly”), equivalent to night +? -ly.

Adverb

nightly (not comparable)

1. Every night.

Translations

Noun

nightly (plural nightlies)

1. (computing) A build of a software program with the latest changes, released every night.

Anagrams

• thingly

English

Etymology

From wight +? -ly.

Adverb

wightly (comparative more wightly, superlative most wightly)

1. (obsolete) Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:

     Þanne drede went wi?tliche · and warned þe fals / And bad hym flee for fere · and his felawes alle.