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
plural
dailies-
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
noun
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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
Other Word Forms
- dailiness noun
Etymology
Origin of daily
First recorded before 1000; late Middle English; Old English dæglīc; equivalent to day + -ly
Example Sentences
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Mr. Myers is the author of “Anatomy of a Song” and “Rock Concert: An Oral History,” and posts daily on music at JazzWax.com.
Betting platform Polymarket and Parcl, a data provider that tracks daily home prices, are letting users wager on whether home values will rise or fall in certain major U.S. cities.
Participants lived on the isolated hotel floor for two weeks and followed daily routines designed to mimic real-life social interactions.
From Science Daily
Over time, the daily distance walked has decreased.
From BBC
He recalls 9-year-old North Korean girls, living temporarily at a Chinese sports compound, rising daily at 5 a.m. to do 300 jump ropes.
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