daily

[ dey-lee ]

/ ˈdeɪ li /

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adjective

of, done, occurring, or issued each day or each weekday: daily attendance; a daily newspaper.

computed or measured by the day: daily quota; a daily wage.

noun, plural dai·lies.

a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.

dailies, Movies. 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.

British.

a nonresident servant who comes to work every day; a permanently employed servant who sleeps out.
a person employed to do cleaning or other household work by the day.

adverb

every day; day by day: She phoned the hospital daily.

Nearby words

dahoon, daibutsu, daiker, daikon, dailies, daily, daily double, daily dozen, daily-breader, daimen, daimler

Origin of daily

before 1000; late Middle English; Old English dæglīc. See day, -ly

Related forms

dai·li·ness, noun

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That is why The Daily Beast stands with Charlie Hebdo and published their controversial covers in the wake of the attack.
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Just as Persia has its Ruths gleaning in the fields, so also Rebekah with her water pot may be seen daily.
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Then he would light his pipe or his cigar and take from the shelf the uppermost copy of the pile of Daily Republicans there.
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“But insurrections are breaking out daily,” added the pharaoh.
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At this time there was a bad feeling among the prisoners, and they daily expected a riot.
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That doctor who came daily, fee or no fee, to visit the sick one, was he really a good doctor?
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British Dictionary definitions for daily

daily

/ (ˈdeɪlɪ) /

adjective

of or occurring every day or every weekdaya daily paper

earn one's daily bread to earn one's living

the daily round the usual activities of one's day

noun plural -lies

a daily publication, esp a newspaper

Also called: daily help British another name for a charwoman

adverb

every day

constantly; often

Word Origin for daily

Old English dæglīc; see day, -ly 1

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