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adjective

ˈdā-lē How to pronounce daily (audio)
Definition of dailynext
as in continuous
occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day they made their daily stop at the coffee shop after work to relax before dinner

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noun

British
as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services hired a daily to come in each morning to cook and clean

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Recent Examples of daily
Adjective
The actor and beauty entrepreneur treats her hair like a daily ritual, customizing it into Pinterest-worthy styles—geometric bobs! — Brianna J. Heath, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026 The common thread is control, texture, and slowness, all qualities Gen Z associates with a world that existed before smartphones, gig work, and platform algorithms flattened daily life into something frictionless and disorienting. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
Self-Monitoring May Improve Weight Management Weighing daily can be a powerful tool for building awareness of trends and for adjusting habits to improve overall health. — Ashley Olivine, Verywell Health, 22 July 2026 After eight weeks, those who ate an avocado daily had improved elasticity and firmness in their skin, particularly around their foreheads and under-eye areas. — Zia Sherrell, Health, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for daily
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daily
  1. continuous
  2. servant
  3. recurrent
  4. housekeeper
  5. day-to-day
  6. domestic
  7. continual
  8. steward
Adjective
  • The moment helped popularize the style, and the name was later applied to the necklace’s continuous line of diamonds.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Consumers are increasingly seeking a holistic, continuous understanding of their health, and practical guidance on how to improve it.
    — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of continuous
Noun
  • According to court records, prosecutors charged Ncube with one count of commercial bribery and one count of embezzlement by a clerk or agent or servant exceeding $950 in value.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • But the public servant’s employer rejected their application to travel abroad.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of servant
Adjective
  • His new marrow engrafted quickly, and aside from some recurrent adenovirus, his recovery went remarkably well.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Joan Baez, yet another famous fan, emerges as one of the diary’s recurrent characters, and a kind of guiding spirit for this metamorphosis.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of recurrent
Noun
  • The actor said a housekeeper told his family that ‘God spoke to’ her about his trajectory.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The former California governor also shares youngest son Joseph Baena, 28, with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
Definition of housekeeper
Adjective
  • Because devices are always within reach, kids' screen time habits are affecting their sleep and mood, which may impact their schoolwork and day-to-day behavior.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 28 June 2026
  • And for far too many Americans, those contradictions have become their day-to-day life.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
Definition of day-to-day
Noun
  • Studiocanal is handling worldwide sales, and is co-representing domestic with WME Independent.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
  • Butlers, once portrayed as buttoned-up, silver tray-carrying domestics, now manage complex staff, technology, security and logistics across multiple properties.
    — Robert Frank, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Definition of domestic
Adjective
  • Before the game, White defended herself after she was criticized for her response to DiJonai Carrington’s flagrant foul on Cunningham, and pleaded with people to focus on the sport and not the continual sideshows.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Geomorphologists, who specialize in the shape (and continual reshaping) of Earth’s surface, have studied the geometry of river networks far longer, since the late 1800s.
    — Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of continual
Noun
  • At the Alex, too, its stewards are witnessing the boom among their eager new crowd.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
  • For Brooks, that education can turn an admirer into a collector—and eventually a steward.
    — Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of steward

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