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

And on Friday, one subcontractor told the BBC his firm would do up to 15 drop-offs daily from a hotel in south east London to a doctors surgery around two miles away.

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El Pais daily reported that the Civil Guard had searched the convent "to clarify if the former nuns had irregularly sold pieces of sacred art".

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My daily trip to the White House, when I make it, is to take the Washington, D.C.,

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Supporters helped them with food, electricity and social media, posting videos of the nuns' daily lives.

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The clubby Lloyd’s market connects thousands of buyers and sellers of risks daily, with deals struck in a cavernous underwriting room or the nearby bars, thronged by underwriters and brokers every lunchtime.

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Related Words

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