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
dailies plural
: unedited movie footage processed or shared immediately after shooting for review by the cinematographer, director, or producer : rush entry 3 sense 6
3
: a quest or task in a video game that resets every day and for which a small bonus is given when completed
4
British, old-fashioned
: a servant who works on a daily basis
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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Adjective
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Adverb
People in the study who consumed 50 grams or more of high-fat cheese daily had a 13% lower risk of developing dementia, compared to those who ate less than 15 grams daily, researchers found.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
People who ate pecans daily in the study consumed more fiber and polyunsaturated fats, which likely contributed to improvements in LDL cholesterol.
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Noun
Porcelain sinks see a lot of action, so a quick wipe-down daily and a deep clean once a week will keep them in top shape.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
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“Daily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daily. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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