What does nightie mean?
Nightie means (informal) A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed..
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/ˈnaɪti/ · noun
(informal) A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed..
I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.
The clip shows the 67-year-old enfant terrible of French letters in pyjamas lying on a bed next to a woman in a nightie, smoking and laughing.
Use nightie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nightie means (informal) A woman's nightgown or nightdress for wearing to bed..
Common synonyms include nightgown, nightdress, night-robe.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I was too embarrassed to answer the door in my nightie.
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