daily

adjective dai·ly \ ˈdā-lē \

|Updated on: 21 Jun 2018

Examples: daily in a Sentence

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

This article first appeared in Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily newsletter on the top tech news.

— adam lashinsky, Fortune, "'Old Codger' Adobe Pulls Off Rare Tech Transformation," 15 June 2018
Follow @johnmyers on Twitter, sign up for our daily Essential Politics newsletter and listen to the weekly California Politics Podcast Please consider subscribing today to support stories like this one.

— john myers, latimes.com, "3 California states are 'just the first step toward greatness,' says ballot measure's backer, Tim Draper," 14 June 2018
But this gathering, made up of police patrolmen and photographers, disguised a ghastly but all to common fact of daily life in El Salvador -- the murder of a young woman.

— nick paton walsh, CNN, "Gangs in El Salvador are using women's bodies for 'revenge and control'," 14 June 2018
Nevertheless, meekness is relevant to our daily life.

— glenna christensen, idahostatesman, "True meekness requires self-mastery and strength, and doesn't equate to weakness," 14 June 2018
His widow, Barbara Gibson, tells WRC-TV that the family wanted to capture an aspect of his daily life.

— Fox News, "Obit: Colonel leaves behind wife, kids, bad Beltway drivers," 1 June 2018
No question, the physical toil of parenting has gotten easier as our daughters have grown, but our daily lives are more complex, and the mental and emotional output can be exhausting.

— katie arnold, Outside Online, "Childhood Adventures Wouldn't Happen Without Moms," 30 May 2018
His work became a foundational concept in chemistry that serves as an important test in many areas of every daily life.

— casey quackenbush, Time, "Google Doodle Celebrates S.P.L. Sørensen, the Trailblazing Chemist Behind the pH Scale," 29 May 2018
His work brought us the Triac semiconductor, and familiar parts of our daily lives such as daylight-sensitive streetlights, light dimmers, and the Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt mechanism, to name but a few.

— courant.com, "Edward Keith Howell," 27 May 2018

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First Known Use of daily

before 12th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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daily Synonyms

Synonyms

day-to-day, diurnal, quotidian;

Near Antonyms

monthly, weekly, yearly;

erratic, infrequent, irregular;

occasional, spasmodic, spastic, sporadic;

interrupted;

ceaseless, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, everlasting, frequent, incessant, nonstop, perpetual, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting;

daily

adverb

1 : every day

2 : every weekday

Recent Examples of daily from the Web

In 2009 China Daily, then the country’s only English-language daily, launched an edition tailored for the American market.

— The Economist, "China is spending billions on its foreign-language media," 14 June 2018
The general store, bar and dance hall are open seven days a week, starting at 9 a.m., with the first act at 1 p.m. daily.

— zeke maccormack, San Antonio Express-News, "Area dance halls are the real Texas," 11 June 2018
Twice-daily, too, staffers anoint the outdoor stairs with a protective oil designed to preserve the original hardwood floors.

— tara isabella burton, WSJ, "A Nile Cruise With Retro-Glamour Appeal," 30 May 2018
According to the Tollway, up to 4,500 vehicles use the Bradley Road bridge daily.

— staff report, Lake County News-Sun, "Bradley Road bridge over Tri-State to close this week for the summer," 27 May 2018
Popbar opens at noon daily; 1621 River Run, 817-720-6630, pop-bar.com.

— bud kennedy, star-telegram, "Here's where to find nachos, ice cream pops and more near Colonial | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 21 May 2018
New York City Leonbergers Cleah, 10, and Emily, 5, walk about 2 miles daily on city streets, plus one or more 16-story stair climbs, says owner Mara Bovsun.

— kim campbell thornton, sacbee, "How often and how far should you walk your dog? It depends | The Sacramento Bee," 9 May 2018
For perspective, about 38,000 cars travel on West Street and Washington Street daily, and 23,000 on Meridian Street at 38th Street.

— amy bartner, Indianapolis Star, "Exclusive: INDOT looks at 7 different ways to rethink Downtown Indy's North Split," 3 May 2018
Spreckels was determined that his papers outsell the competition, E.W. Scripps’ afternoon daily, the Sun, whose editorials invariably opposed the Union’s positions.

— roger showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, ""A Faithful Mirror": The San Diego Union-Tribune's first 150 years," 15 Apr. 2018

First Known Use of daily

15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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daily

noun

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 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

All three local dailies — the San Antonio Express, Light and News — covered the park throughout its four-decade run.

— paula allen, San Antonio Express-News, "Reader seeks home for special admission ticket to long-gone favorite Playland," 9 June 2018
Matus Kostolny, editor of Denník N, a daily, says the string of scandals his paper and others uncovered used to be ignored.

— The Economist, "A struggle between authoritarians and liberals in the heart of Europe," 26 May 2018
There are interior pockets for a laptop, iPad, charger, sunglasses, all my usual daily carry stuff.

— michael calore, WIRED, "14 Essentials to Improve Your Bike Commute in the City," 17 May 2018
The spokesman said investors will still be able to transfer as much as 50,000 yuan daily from Ant’s money-market funds to their Alipay accounts, or to pay down outstanding credit-card debt.

— stella yifan xie, WSJ, "China’s Giant Money-Market Fund Sharply Lowers Daily Withdrawal Limits," 14 May 2018
Obsessing about keeping your inbox at zero daily can be a time and energy drain.

— lindsey lanquist, SELF, "27 Email Management Tips From ‘Inbox Zero’ People," 24 Apr. 2018
Over 70,000 liters of water leave the ACF centre daily to be delivered to makeshift camps where refugees have no source of clean water or buckets to carry it.

— mike hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, "Psychiatrists tap the power of storytelling to help refugees with PTSD," 21 Apr. 2018
As for print and online/digital media coverage, NBC, Fox Sports, The Athletic and the major Philadelphia metro region dailies were in attendance.

— patrick brennan, Cincinnati.com, "Regardless of final score, Xavier can leave Philadelphia a winner," 10 Jan. 2018
The producer had been looking at the dailies and was knocked out by what Chase and Murray were doing on camera.

— chris nashawaty, SI.com, "Inside the Caddyshack Scene That Squashed the Bill Murray-Chevy Chase Beef," 17 Apr. 2018

First Known Use of daily

1754

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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DAILY Defined for English Language Learners

daily

adjective

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

daily

noun

: 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