daily

American  

[dey-lee] / ˈdeɪ li /

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.

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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 British  

/ 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

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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

Etymology

Origin of daily

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

Example Sentences

His neighbors, he said, offered him food daily, even when they barely had enough to eat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Zlati Meyer writes the daily What's News newsletter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

This logic was eventually applied far beyond web design to nearly every interface users encounter in daily life.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

The study analyzed average temperatures from 1950 to 2021, along with more than 26,000 daily temperature readings per state.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

I was endlessly, daily grateful to be again with people.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Related Words

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