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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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
Sanders would bring daily intrigue back to the Giants’ building.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Russian prosecutors have accused Smirnov and companies controlled by him of moving about 1.38 billion roubles ($17 million) out of Russia from 2022 to 2024, the RBC daily reported in March.
—Anna Hirtenstein and Alexander Marrow, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
This extends to fitness, approached holistically, from daily walking goals to group 5ks.
—Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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—Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
Lightly sprinkle the soil with water and continue watering daily until the seeds germinate in 10 to 21 days.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2025
Sanders would bring daily intrigue back to the Giants’ building.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
Smart Pricing Strategy: Charge $25-30 per day for dog walking (two 30-minute walks) and $50-75 daily for overnight pet sitting.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
More: 'Everybody's to blame': Trump accuses Zelenskyy of starting Russia's war on Ukraine
Russian prosecutors have accused Smirnov and companies controlled by him of moving about 1.38 billion roubles ($17 million) out of Russia from 2022 to 2024, the RBC daily reported in March.
—Anna Hirtenstein and Alexander Marrow, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Daily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daily. Accessed 1 May. 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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