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daily

Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪli/

The English word “daily” has 14 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.
  2. Diurnal: by daylight.

noun

  1. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
  2. A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.
  3. A cleaner who comes in daily.
  4. A daily disposable.
  5. A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
  6. A daily driver.
  7. Raw, unedited footage traditionally developed overnight and viewed by the cast and crew the next day.
  8. The daily revenue associated with a cinematic release.

verb

  1. To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.
  2. To use, especially of a computer or operating system, for everyday tasks.

adverb

  1. quotidianly, every day
  2. diurnally, by daylight

Etymology

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

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