Definition of daily
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a
: 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
2a
: reckoned by the day
average daily wage
b
: covering the period of or based on a day
daily statistics
daily
adverbDefinition of daily (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: every day
2
: every weekday
daily
noun
plural dailies
Definition of daily (Entry 3 of 3)
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
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The first known use of daily was before the 12th century
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