1
a
: occurring, made, or acted upon every day
daily needs
b
: issued every day or every weekday
a daily newspaper
c
: of or providing for every day
a daily schedule
2
a
: reckoned by the day
average daily wage
b
: covering the period of or based on a day
daily statistics
1
: every day
Take one pill twice daily.
2
: every weekday
They serve lunch at school daily.
plural dailies
1
: a newspaper that is published every day or every day except Sunday
2
British, old-fashioned
: a servant who works on a daily basis
3
dailies plural
: the first prints of a movie showing the scenes that are filmed each day : rush sense 6
Examples of daily in a Sentence
Adjective
It has changed every aspect of daily life.
I started eating healthier and added exercise to my daily routine.
daily activities such as eating breakfast and washing your face
There's not enough water to meet the daily needs of the city's people.
She reads the daily paper each morning.
Their average daily wage is only five dollars.
She had been taking more than the recommended daily dose of the medicine.
Noun
the city's two largest dailies
hired a daily to come in each morning to cook and clean
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Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Some have returned to duty; others are navigating therapy, mobility challenges, and daily adjustments.
—Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Our newsroom is committed to journalism that centers the challenges Detroiters and Michiganders face daily, and the solutions that make life better for our city, our region and our state.
—Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Most adults can take 75–100 milligrams of zinc daily, typically in lozenge form.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Wanderlust may clash with the daily grind.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Some have returned to duty; others are navigating therapy, mobility challenges, and daily adjustments.
—Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
Adverb
For six and a half years, Grammy-winning producer Andrew Watt spoke to Ozzy Osbourne daily, and the day before the metal legend’s death from a heart attack this July was no exception.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Our newsroom is committed to journalism that centers the challenges Detroiters and Michiganders face daily, and the solutions that make life better for our city, our region and our state.
—Detroit Free Press, Freep.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
Mike Testa, president & CEO of Visit Sacramento, which represents local hoteliers, helped the film rent space in a room at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center to review dailies, or results of daily shooting.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Most adults can take 75–100 milligrams of zinc daily, typically in lozenge form.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Daily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daily. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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daily
1 of 2 adjective
dai·ly
ˈdā-lē 
1
a
: occurring, done, produced, or used every day or every weekday
a daily newspaper
b
: of or relating to every day
daily visitor
2
: figured in terms of one day
daily wages
daily
adverb
daily
2 of 2 noun
plural dailies
: a newspaper published every weekday
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