daily

[dey-lee]

adjective

1. of, done, occurring, or issued each day or each weekday.

   daily attendance; a daily newspaper.

2. computed or measured by the day.

   daily quota; a daily wage.

noun

plural

dailies 

1. a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.

2. Movies.,  dailies, a series of hastily printed shots from the previous day's shooting, selected by the director to be viewed for possible inclusion in the final version of the film; rushes.

3. British.

   1. a nonresident servant who comes to work every day; a permanently employed servant who sleeps out.

   2. a person employed to do cleaning or other household work by the day.

adverb

1. every day; day by day.

   She phoned the hospital daily.

daily

/ ˈdeɪlɪ /

adjective

1. of or occurring every day or every weekday

   a daily paper

2. to earn one's living

3. the usual activities of one's day

noun

1. a daily publication, esp a newspaper

2. Also called: daily help. another name for a charwoman

adverb

1. every day

2. constantly; often

Other Word Forms

• dailiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of daily¹

First recorded before 1000; late Middle English; Old English dæglīc; equivalent to day + -ly

Word History and Origins

Origin of daily¹

Old English dæglīc; see _day , _-ly ¹

Example Sentences

From parents' chats to tenants' groups, much of daily life runs through them.

From BBC

She points to the world's largest clinical trial of sunscreen, done in the 90s, which found that the daily use of an SPF 16 sunscreen dramatically dropped skin cancer rates.

From BBC

Unlike daily comic strips, political cartoons were intended to stay with the reader long after they’d turned the page, becoming a source of conversation and introspection that could take place throughout the day.

From Salon

Twenty years later, Daniels and his co-creator, Michael Koman, ponder a similar notion regarding one paper: The Toledo Truth Teller, an Ohio daily with a storied legacy.

From Salon

The game will be played in the afternoon rather than the evening and is expected to be followed by NBC’s daily Olympics prime-time show from Milan.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• constantly 
• day-to-day 
• everyday 
• often 
• periodic 
• regular 
• regularly 
• routine