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diurnally

diurnally adverb: by daylight; in the daytime.

Adverb

diurnally (not comparable)

  1. By daylight; in the daytime.
  2. Habitually during the day; every daytime.
    • Sparrows are most active diurnally.
    Antonyms:
    nocturnally
  3. On a 24-hour period, a frequency of once per 24 hours; daily.
    • These flowers open and close diurnally.
    • Although the 1-D RCM can predict only horizontally, diurnally, and seasonally averaged conditions, it is capable of estimating the first-order climate responses of the atmosphere, which is our intention in this study.1983, Richard P. Turco et al., “Nuclear winter: Global consequences of multiple nuclear explosions”, in Science, volume 222, number 4630, →ISSN, page 1284
    Synonyms:
    circadianly

Synonyms of diurnally

Antonyms

Origin of diurnally

From diurnal + -ly.

Questions about diurnally

What does diurnally mean?
Diurnally means by daylight; in the daytime.
What part of speech is diurnally?
Diurnally is an adverb.

Words near diurnally in the dictionary

  1. diurnalism
  2. diurnalist
  3. diurnalists
  4. diurnalities
  5. diurnality
  6. diurnally
  7. diurnalness
  8. diurnals
  9. diurnation
  10. diurnoside
  11. diuron

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