daily

Noun · Adjective · Adverb
Synonyms: day-to-dayday-by-dayday-after-daycasualeverydayday by day

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a newspaper that is published every day

Adjective (2)

  1. of or belonging to or occurring every day“daily routine”“a daily paper”Synonyms: day-to-dayday-by-dayday-after-day
  2. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions“casual clothes”“everyday clothes”Synonyms: casualeveryday

Adverb (2)

  1. every day; without missing a day“he stops by daily”
  2. gradually and progressively“his health weakened day by day”Synonyms: day by day
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Daily \Dai"ly\, n.; pl. Dailies. A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies. [1913 Webster]
Daily \Dai"ly\, adv. Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily. [1913 Webster]
Daily \Dai"ly\ (d[=a]"l[y^]), a. [AS. d[ae]gl[imac]c; d[ae]g day + -l[imac]c like. See Day.] Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin. [1913 Webster]

Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11. [1913 Webster]

Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands. --Macaulay.

Syn: Daily, Diurnal.

Usage: Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life; as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal revolution of the earth. [1913 Webster]

Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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