diurnally
diurnally adverb: by daylight; in the daytime.
Adverb
diurnally (not comparable)
- By daylight; in the daytime.
- Antonyms:
- at night, nocturnally
- Habitually during the day; every daytime.
- Sparrows are most active diurnally.
- Antonyms:
- nocturnally
- 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.
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