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
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
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Johnny Dodd, People.com, 3 May 2025
Patients processed it quickly and required multiple daily injections to safely lower their blood sugar.
—Discover Magazine, 3 May 2025
Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
The trust between player and coach at critical points in the game appears to be increasing daily in this series.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Kathi Valeii, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2025
Customers can also get them in a Krispy Kreme 6-pack box delivered fresh daily to select retailers.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for daily
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Adjective
Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 3 May 2025
Patients processed it quickly and required multiple daily injections to safely lower their blood sugar.
—Discover Magazine, 3 May 2025
Adverb
The Italian brain rot meme appears to date back to January, but it’s grown into a full-fledged phenomenon spawning new posts daily.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
The trust between player and coach at critical points in the game appears to be increasing daily in this series.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Noun
Consuming the same amount of vitamin K daily is essential.
—Kathi Valeii, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2025
Customers can also get them in a Krispy Kreme 6-pack box delivered fresh daily to select retailers.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for daily
Cite this Entry
“Daily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daily. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share