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
Synonyms
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
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Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
The fund's investment strategy is to invest in natural gas futures contracts traded on the NYMEX (CME) and other exchanges, aiming to track the average daily percentage changes of the spot price of natural gas.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Orange County Register, 10 Nov. 2024
Pick 3 Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
—Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
John Mariani, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
These nostalgic Ghostbusters treats will also be available for a limited time in a six-count assorted box (which includes Ghostbusters Cookies N’ Creme Doughnut, Slimer Doughnut, Ecto-Sprinkled Doughnut, and Chocolate Iced with Halloween Sprinkles) delivered fresh daily to select grocery retailers.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
The fund's investment strategy is to invest in natural gas futures contracts traded on the NYMEX (CME) and other exchanges, aiming to track the average daily percentage changes of the spot price of natural gas.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Adverb
Los Alamitos Laguna Niguel + Aliso Viejo Rancho Santa Margarita
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Orange County Register Store
Get the latest news delivered daily!
—Orange County Register, 10 Nov. 2024
Pick 3 Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
—Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
Noun
Le Penguin 61 Lewis Street 203-717-1200 Open daily for lunch and dinner.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
These nostalgic Ghostbusters treats will also be available for a limited time in a six-count assorted box (which includes Ghostbusters Cookies N’ Creme Doughnut, Slimer Doughnut, Ecto-Sprinkled Doughnut, and Chocolate Iced with Halloween Sprinkles) delivered fresh daily to select grocery retailers.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Daily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daily. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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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
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