daily

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English

Alternative forms

• dayly (archaic, obsolete)

Pronunciation

• enPR: dāli, IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪli/
• Rhymes: -eɪli
• Hyphenation: dai‧ly

Etymology 1

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”).

Adjective

daily (not comparable)

1. That occurs every day, or at least every working day.

   Coordinate terms: semiweekly, weekly, semimonthly, monthly, bimonthly, biannually, semiannually, biyearly, yearly, annually, biennially

   Near-synonyms: circadianly, diurnally
2. (archaic) Diurnally: by daylight.

   Antonyms: nightly, at night

Synonyms

• journal (obsolete)
• quotidian

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Noun

daily (plural dailies)

1. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
   1. A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.
   2. (UK) A cleaner who comes in daily.
   3. (UK, slang) A daily disposable.
   4. (video games) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
   5. (US, automotive, colloquial) A daily driver.
   6. (US, film, television) Raw, unedited footage traditionally developed overnight and viewed by the cast and crew the next day.

Synonyms

• (cleaner who comes daily): daily help, daily maid (woman only)
• (newspaper published every day): daily paper

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Verb

daily (third-person singular simple present dailies, present participle dailying, simple past and past participle dailied)

1. (US, automotive, colloquial) To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæġlīċe (found only as dæġhwāmlīċe), equivalent to day +‎ -ly.

Adverb

daily (not comparable)

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

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Anagrams

• Lydia, lydia, ylaid