dailiness
noun
dai·li·ness
ˈdā-lē-nəs 
-li-
: daily or routine quality : ordinariness
the dailiness of family life
Examples of dailiness in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The dailiness of life is honored here — its no surprise E.B. White wrote most of his pieces while living in Maine, slowing it all down to notice even a small barn spider and her web.
—
Marissa Hermer, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2023
But that dailiness is heightened, sometimes even exalted, as Smith imbues it with a sense of drama and mystery.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
This is the ugly dailiness of the world.
—Lauren Markham, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
To be among the dailiness of us.
—Devin Kelly, Longreads, 23 July 2021
Tales of dailiness and its intimacies, their cluttered lives, their tiny news and parochial views were never to be the object of their coming together.
—Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
The dailiness of life is emphasized, and the intimate voice—a diarist’s voice—feels more like that of someone talking to herself than to you.
—Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
That is, their pictures are not markedly narrative or dramatic, but instead are records of dailiness—the prosaic goings-on of ordinary people—or unspectacular landscapes.
—William Meyers, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Marissa Hermer, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2023
But that dailiness is heightened, sometimes even exalted, as Smith imbues it with a sense of drama and mystery.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
This is the ugly dailiness of the world.
—Lauren Markham, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
To be among the dailiness of us.
—Devin Kelly, Longreads, 23 July 2021
Tales of dailiness and its intimacies, their cluttered lives, their tiny news and parochial views were never to be the object of their coming together.
—Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
The dailiness of life is emphasized, and the intimate voice—a diarist’s voice—feels more like that of someone talking to herself than to you.
—Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
That is, their pictures are not markedly narrative or dramatic, but instead are records of dailiness—the prosaic goings-on of ordinary people—or unspectacular landscapes.
—William Meyers, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
Cite this Entry
“Dailiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dailiness. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share