daily

adjective dai·ly \ ˈdā-lē \

|Updated on: 15 Aug 2018

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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

The human body is well equipped for daily cleansing using your liver, lungs, skin, and kidneys.

— madelyn fernstrom, NBC News, "Health Matters: Is a "detox diet" good or bad for your health?," 13 July 2018
In mice with implanted cancer cells, two weeks of daily reward circuit stimulation produced a powerful response—their tumors were 40 to 50 percent smaller than those in control mice that didn’t get the brain activation.

— esther landhuis, Scientific American, "Could Brain Stimulation Slow Cancer?," 13 July 2018
At Duke, DelBianco began the journey that would lead her away from the daily labor of raising steers, and towards a new kind of labor entirely: novel writing.

— refinery29.com, "How Rae DelBianco Went From Cattle Farmer To Bookstagram Queen To Literary Darling — All By 25," 13 July 2018
Outdoor Marine Aquarium Feedings Learn about the behaviors of fish, sting rays, and other marine life during free daily feeding presentations.

— mary lou cruz, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Boca Raton area events July 18-28," 13 July 2018
In March, the Department of Revenue issued its Spring Revenue Forecast with a daily 2018 North Slope production prediction of 521,800.

— author: elwood brehmer, Anchorage Daily News, "Despite slight production dip, Alaska oil revenue grows in FY18," 13 July 2018
Plastic straws are everywhere—a natural accompaniment to your daily iced coffee and occasional cocktail.

— alice bell, Vogue, "11 Stylish, Sustainable Straws to Help You Cut Down on Single-Use Plastic," 13 July 2018
And if timeless Wrangler style is your thing, skipping the Rubicon edition for the Sahara model will provide a better daily driving experience.

— tom voelk, New York Times, "26 Vehicles Played in the Mud. Here’s the Dirt.," 12 July 2018
Join Lee’s Summit Area Fishing Facebook Group for daily updates.

— tyler mahoney special to the star, kansascity, "Fishing report: Catfish action picking up in Kansas, Missouri lakes," 11 July 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

Definition of daily

1 : every day

2 : every weekday

Recent Examples of daily from the Web

Kid-friendly music plays until 5 p.m. daily when a DJ battle begins and three artists will mix their own channel, vying for your attention and dance moves.

— julia sclafani and jordan cutler-tietjen, sacbee, "All the new State Fair offerings: wine tastings, silent discos, coasters and acai bowls," 12 July 2018
Open for dinner 4-10 p.m. daily, brunch 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.

— jonathan kauffman, SFChronicle.com, "Likha brings Michelin pedigrees to Filipino bar food," 5 July 2018
What to do there Open daily, the public is invited to drop by anytime during hours of operation to explore the African eggplant, fennel, carrot, and other vegetable plants, as well as to chat with the onsite farmers.

— grace dickinson, Philly.com, "Rail Park, Farm for the City open in Philly after much anticipation," 14 June 2018
RakiRaki’s broths are cooked for eight to 10 hours daily and seasoned with Araki’s signature spices.

— pam kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Oodles of noodles: San Diego's top spots for ramen," 1 Mar. 2018
Some folks fast intermittently for a period of hours daily, consuming all their food within a block of six hours followed by fasting for the next 18 hours.

— bryant stamford, The Courier-Journal, "Why some health experts say intermittent fasting is the new and healthier dieting," 11 Jan. 2018
But if you were set on seeing a national park during your trip, Haleakalā on Maui is a fine substitute, and flights there from the Big Island run daily.

— megan michelson, Outside Online, "Traveling to Hawaii During the Kilauea Eruption," 24 May 2018
With more than 1,200 college and high school chapters, Students for Life of America works daily addressing obstacles to student speech.

— kristan hawkins, WSJ, "Campus Censorship Hits Pro-Lifers Hard," 21 May 2018
Happy hour is offered daily at JD’s Sports Bar & Lounge and live music can be enjoyed on Friday and Saturday nights.

— meghann finn sepulveda, azcentral, "Your authentic Arizona experience awaits at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort," 9 May 2018

First Known Use of daily

15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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daily

noun

Definition of daily

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

GateHouse dailies, meanwhile, circle Boston, with one exception: the Essex County territory claimed by CNHI.

— jon chesto, BostonGlobe.com, "Newspapers north of Boston may be in two chains’ sights," 26 June 2018
Second, the big local dailies, save for the New York Post, didn’t cover it.

— william mcgurn, WSJ, "An Asian-American Awakening," 11 June 2018
Despite a growing domestic oil industry, the U.S. imported more than 10 million barrels of oil daily last year, about a third of it coming from OPEC nations.

— rob jackson, Scientific American, "Relaxing Vehicle-Efficiency Standards Is a Truly Dangerous Idea," 12 July 2018
The Russian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Zasypkin, told the Lebanese al-Akhbar daily that Israel fears the presence of Hezbollah and Iran in the south.

— sarah el deeb, Fox News, "Activists: Syrian government steps up offensive in southwest," 22 June 2018
Photo: Brandon Thibodeaux for the Wall Street Journal If forecasts hold, trucks would need to haul 300,000 to 400,000 barrels of crude out of the Permian daily by the middle of next year, before new pipelines open, according to Goldman Sachs.

— jennifer smith, WSJ, "Hot Commodity in the Shale Boom: Truckers," 8 June 2018
In addition, their eating patterns are disrupted, something the Salk/UCSD program aims to address by restricting eating to a 10-hour-period daily.

— bradley j. fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, "San Diego firefighters get genome screening and more for early disease detection," 26 Apr. 2018
The Capital is an institution in Maryland's capital and was one of the last dailies to switch from publishing in the afternoon to mornings.

— matthew barakat, The Christian Science Monitor, "Capital Gazette publishes paper day after shooting," 29 June 2018
The rise of online advertising already has shattered the business model of many newspapers, and most small regional dailies have been forced to consolidate or close.

— steve forbes, WSJ, "Trump’s Newsprint Tariff Is a Tax on America’s Free Press," 28 June 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

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

daily

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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