daily
//ˈdeɪli//
Forms
- Plural
- dailies
- present (v1)
- daily
- past (v2)
- dailied
- past participle (v3)
- dailied
- present participle
- dailying
- 3rd person singular
- dailies
Definitions
1.That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.
- Give us this day our daily bread.
- He follows a strict daily routine.
- The daily newspaper arrives each morning.
1.Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
- I do not let these experiences disrupt my focus in my daily or my responsibility for my family.
1.To use, especially of a computer or operating system, for everyday tasks.(colloquial)
2.To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.(colloquial)
1.quotidianly, every day
2.diurnally, by daylight
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1546
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly.