Daily meaning

dā'lē
The definition of daily is done, published or calculated every day.

An example of something daily is a daily delivery of supplies to a restaurant.

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Quotidian, that occurs every day, or at least every working day.
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Every day; day after day.
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Of or occurring during the day.
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(UK, slang) A daily disposable.
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Daily is defined as every day or day after day.

An example of daily used as an adverb is in the phrase "daily running," which means running that happens every day.

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Every day.

Exercise daily.

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Once a day.

Wind the clock daily.

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A newspaper published every day or every weekday.
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The first, unedited print of movie film usually viewed after a day's shooting; the rushes.
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Done, happening, published, etc. every day or every weekday.
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A daily newspaper.
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Diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly.
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Quotidianly, every day.
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A newspaper that is published every day.
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(UK) A cleaner who comes in daily.
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A daily means a newspaper that comes out every day.

An example of a daily is a paper published each morning.

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Happening or done every day.

The physician's daily rounds.

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Computed or assessed for each day.

A daily record.

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Everyday.

Casual clothes only for daily use.

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Calculated by the day.

Daily rate.

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Origin of daily

  • Middle English dayly from Old English dæglīc from dæg day day
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from dæġ + -līċ (equivalent to modern day +‎ -ly).
    From Wiktionary

Daily Sentence Examples

  • He thanked me and went about his daily business.

  • There is daily steam communication (often interrupted in bad weather) with Civitavecchia from Golfo degli Aranci (the mail route), and weekly steamers run from Cagliari to Naples, Genoa (via the east coast of the island), Palermo and Tunis, and from Porto Torres to Genoa (calling at Bastia in Corsica and Leghorn) and Leghorn direct.

  • The next chapter will explore how far this can go, how many of our daily tasks machines could assume.

  • Where must she go daily that she risks herself?

  • Normal vamps didn't need to feed daily, but he did.

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