day-by-day

[dey-bahy-dey]

adjective

1. taking place each day; daily.

   a day-by-day account.

Word History and Origins

Origin of day by day¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Idioms and Phrases

On each successive day, daily, as in Day by day he's getting better. Percy Bysshe Shelley used this expression, first recorded in 1362, in Adonais (1821): “fear and grief ... consume us day by day.”

Related Words

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