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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Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
By processing billions of security events daily and using machine learning algorithms, Cybir identifies patterns that suggest emerging attacks.
—Robert Kramer, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
Thousands of posts were made in the group daily, including encouragement and instructions for disordered eating.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
With an attention to tailoring and simple classic silhouettes made from comfortable natural fabrics such as linen and cotton, this minimalist brand is focused on clean fits and practical elegance suitable for daily life.
—Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Adverb
Pick 4 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, 18 Oct. 2024
By processing billions of security events daily and using machine learning algorithms, Cybir identifies patterns that suggest emerging attacks.
—Robert Kramer, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
The trade Tesla is a stock that has become more intensely emotional as Musk is in the news daily.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2024
Thousands of posts were made in the group daily, including encouragement and instructions for disordered eating.
—Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Daily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daily. Accessed 31 Oct. 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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