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adjective dai·ly \ ˈdā-lē \

Definition of daily

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

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Examples of daily in a Sentence

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.

Recent Examples of daily from the Web

Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Airlines Hong Kong Airlines introduced daily service between Vancouver and Hong Kong in June.

— lisa beebe, Los Angeles Magazine, "LAX is Getting Hong Kong Airlines’ First Nonstop Flight to the Continental U.S.," 30 Aug. 2017
For more updates from the urban world, subscribe to CityLab’s daily newsletter.

— rosa inocencio smith, The Atlantic, "The Atlantic Daily: Tests of Fortitude," 29 Aug. 2017
It the daily event exceeds eight hours, there will be a charge of $75 for each additional hour for a nonprofit and $150 per hour for a business or individual using the facility.

— allan vought, The Aegis, "Bel Air planning Armory rental rate increases," 28 Aug. 2017
The intraparty feuding threatens nearly all of Trump's priorities, including his near-daily campaign trail pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border.

— steve peoples and alan fram, chicagotribune.com, "Trump-McConnell feud threatens Republican agenda," 23 Aug. 2017
Try eliminating certain food groups and documenting how each one affects the condition of your skin — daily intake of certain foods can affect the natural balance of your skin and cause inflammation, which actually speeds up the formation of cysts.

— tina ferraro, Teen Vogue, "What Cystic Acne Is, and How to Treat It," 22 Aug. 2017
The Enquirer/Sam Greene The Walkthru is a daily look at the Bengals, your questions and whatever else spills from the brains of beat writers Paul Dehner Jr. and Jim Owczarski.

— jim owczarski, Cincinnati.com, "Bengals Walkthru: John Ross has injured company and is Jennifer Jones good?," 22 Aug. 2017
What impeded her was the daily trip from Lake Isabella to Bakersfield — an hour-plus bus ride down the curving canyon road.

— brian rinker, Kaiser Health News, "A Long And Winding Road: Kicking Heroin In An Opioid ‘Treatment Desert’," 11 Aug. 2017
Pulling the shifter into Sport mode brings responsive acceleration to help commuters hold their line in the daily race to and from work.

— mark maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, "2018 Hyundai Sonata Limited 2.0T: Bringing back the sexy," 4 Aug. 2017

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First Known Use of daily

before 12th century

daily Synonyms

Synonyms

day-to-day, diurnal, quotidian

Related Words

alternate, cyclic (or cyclical), intermittent, periodic, recurrent, recurring, regular; ceaseless, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, everlasting, frequent, incessant, nonstop, perpetual, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting

Near Antonyms

monthly, weekly, yearly; erratic, infrequent, irregular; occasional, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic; interrupted

daily

adverb

Definition of daily

1 :every day

2 :every weekday

Recent Examples of daily from the Web

The 1,110 buses will be undertaking the massive operation of transporting nearly 50,000 Miami-Dade school children daily via 881 routes in the county.

— alex harris, miamiherald, "A middle school erases its ‘F’ grade — college kids down the road might be why," 19 Aug. 2017
Drones could be heard around the clock and residents of the eastern Bekaa Valley reported seeing army reinforcements arriving daily in the northeastern district of Hermel to join the battle.

— Bloomberg.com, "Lebanon's Army Prepares to Clear Border Area of IS Militants," 8 Aug. 2017
The state chose the MGT Consulting Group, represented by Hinckley who will show up daily in Gary and function as the district's leader under a two-year contract.

— meredith colias, Post-Tribune, "Returning to Gary, Hinckley faces daunting challenges," 4 Aug. 2017
Whitehair was at Halas Hall almost daily to work out.

— brad biggs, chicagotribune.com, "Bears center Cody Whitehair serious about wanting to be the best," 1 Aug. 2017
The splash fountains, overseen by the city's Department of Parks and Recreation, are on daily from noon to 2 p.m. and kids can cool off by playing in them.

— mary schneidau sullivan, Laurel Leader, "Emancipation Park offers Shakespeare and a splash [Old Town Laurel]," 5 July 2017
Guests — no more than 40 at a time — from the upper echelons of celebrity, industry and royalty come to be pampered with one-on-one training, daily in-room massages and customized cuisine.

— michele parente, Pacific San Diego Magazine, "Destination spas offer luxury to the masses," 27 June 2017
Food will be served at Nirvana from 4-11 p.m. daily, with the menu full of Indian-American fusion dishes like masala fries, naan pizza and masala chicken wings.

— bailey loosemore, The Courier-Journal, "Indian restaurant to open in former Cahoots space," 21 June 2017
On average, each Snapchatter spends more than 30 minutes daily in the app, giving advertisers lots of opportunities to target them.

— lara o’reilly, WSJ, "The Race Is On to Challenge Google-Facebook ‘Duopoly’ in Digital Advertising," 19 June 2017

First Known Use of daily

15th century

daily

noun

Definition of daily

plural dailies

1 :a newspaper published every weekday

2 British :a servant who works on a daily basis

3 dailies plural :rush 6

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Examples of daily in a Sentence

the city's two largest dailies
hired a daily to come in each morning to cook and clean

Recent Examples of daily from the Web

Weeklies and small dailies only give cursory coverage to content beyond the hyperlocal, such as pro or college sports.

— jr radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Preps Alcove: Six reasons why worries are overblown over Friday night conflict between college and prep football," 28 Aug. 2017
To help control the condition, use a melanin-inhibitor daily that contains hydroquinone or natural pigment reducers like kojic acid, vitamin C, and niacinimide.

— nicole catanese, Cosmopolitan, "The 8 Most Annoying Skin Problems Every Girl Deals With," 24 Aug. 2017
The noodles are hand-spiralized from zucchini in-store daily and serve as a gluten- and grain-free substitute to traditional pasta dishes.

— danielle ohl, baltimoresun.com, "Noodles & Co. to begin testing zucchini noodles in Baltimore restaurants," 9 Aug. 2017
Since 2011, average October-to-May daily temperatures at the glacier's low elevations have been above freezing about half the time, the report noted.

— yereth rosen, Alaska Dispatch News, "Retreating Exit Glacier has become an icon of climate change," 4 Aug. 2017
Viewpoint Brewing Co. Location: 2201 San Dieguto Dr., Del Mar Hours: Open daily from noon to 11 p.m. Light bites will be available from open to 4 p.m. A full dinner menu can be enjoyed from 4-11 p.m.

— liz bowen, Pacific San Diego Magazine, "Del Mar is finally getting a craft brewery," 13 July 2017
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., with the last round of golf starting at 8:30 p.m. Cost is $4.50 for adults and $4 for seniors as well as 12 and under.

— erin gallagher, Daily Southtown, "Where to putt-putt around this summer," 15 June 2017
Zaghba's Italian citizenship prevented such an expulsion, Italian daily Repubblica said.

— christa case bryant, The Christian Science Monitor, "Britain faces emerging pattern: London attackers were already known to police," 6 June 2017
About 1,800 Morris-Essex daily riders currently are at Penn by 7 a.m., according to Nancy Snyder, a New Jersey Transit spokeswoman.

— elise young, Bloomberg.com, "Only Early Risers Get Midtown Direct Rail During Summer Work," 1 June 2017

First Known Use of daily

1754

daily Synonyms

Synonyms

servant [British], domestic, flunky (also flunkey or flunkie), lackey, menial, retainer, slavey, steward

Antonyms

master, mistress

Related Words

butler, footman, groom, houseboy, houseman, majordomo, man, manservant, servitor, valet; handmaiden (also handmaid), housekeeper, housemaid, lady-in-waiting, maid, maidservant, wench, woman; assistant, attendant, companion, factotum, follower; dogsbody [chiefly British], drudge, gofer (or gopher)

Near Antonyms

boss, captain, chief, foreman, head, headman, helmsman, kingpin, leader, taskmaster

DAILY Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of daily for English Language Learners

: happening, done, made, used, or existing every day
: published every day or every day except Sunday
: of or relating to one day

daily

noun

Definition of daily for English Language Learners

: a newspaper that is published every day or every day except Sunday
dailies : the first prints of a movie showing the scenes that are filmed each day
: a person who you pay to clean your house and do other jobs for you every day

DAILY Defined for Kids

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adjective dai·ly \ ˈdā-lē \

Definition of daily for Students

1 :occurring, done, produced, appearing, or used every day or every weekday

Be sure to get your daily exercise.

2 :figured by the day

a daily wage

daily

adverb

Definition of daily for Students

:every day

She jogs three miles daily.

daily

noun

Definition of daily for Students

plural dailies

:a newspaper published every weekday

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