daily
Americanadjective
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of, done, occurring, or issued each day or each weekday.
daily attendance; a daily newspaper.
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computed or measured by the day.
daily quota; a daily wage.
noun
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dailies
plural
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a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
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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.
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British.
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a nonresident servant who comes to work every day; a permanently employed servant who sleeps out.
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a person employed to do cleaning or other household work by the day.
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adverb
adjective
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of or occurring every day or every weekday
a daily paper
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to earn one's living
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the usual activities of one's day
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a daily publication, esp a newspaper
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Also called: daily help. another name for a charwoman
adverb
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every day
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constantly; often
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Etymology
Origin of daily
First recorded before 1000; late Middle English; Old English dæglīc; equivalent to day + -ly
Explanation
Something that's described as daily happens every day. We hope your daily habits include brushing your teeth and learning new vocabulary words on Vocabulary.com. Daily TV programs play at the same time each day, and your daily chores might include feeding the cat and loading the dishwasher. The word is also an adverb with the same basic meaning: "You'll have to visit the shelter daily to see if they get any kittens." Something is also daily if it's so normal that it's become routine, and a newspaper that's printed and read every day is called a daily as well.
Example Sentences
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She spent the last three years chronicling her daily life as a young person going through chemotherapy and living with cancer, with all its hopes, joys and struggles.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“When a strain is less virulent, as in the case of the Bundibugyo strain, infected people feel sick, but not sick enough to be bedridden or abandon their daily routines.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
For this part of the research, they used a case crossover design based on daily pollutant concentrations before each appointment.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
“He was hospitalized for many weeks and continues to have permanent and debilitating burn injuries that affect every aspect of his daily life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Didn’t I tell you not to start eating until we’ve had our daily chat?”
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
The book, written by three journalists, from French dailies Le Parisien and Le Monde, and weekly glossy magazine Paris Match, is to hit bookstores on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
He joined Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal in 2002 after three years at French dailies Le Figaro and les Echos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
And producers are watching dailies and commenting and supporting, but there’s a moment where directors can bring their perspective, their point of view, into the mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
Several dailies expressed concern that Pavel Durov’s arrest could have serious consequences for Russia.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2024
Later that Sunday night, as rain thumped their windowsills, editors of Chicago’s morning dailies laid out bold and elaborate headlines for Monday’s historic editions.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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