daily
Syllables: dai·ly/ˈdeɪli/
daily adjective: that occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.
Adjective
daily (not comparable)
- That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.
- Near-synonyms: circadianly, diurnally
- daily life
- Synonyms:
- circadianly, diurnally
- Diurnal: by daylight.
Noun
daily (plural dailies)
- Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
- In the home office these dailies may be filed under one of two methods. Geographically by the territory controlled by an Agency, filing the dailies by their numbers back of the guide indicating the locality. Geographically as above, but filing the dailies by expiration date instead of by their...1920, James Newton McCord, A Textbook of Filing, page 124
- The dailies, or abstracts of the dailies, of the other companies and other departments are also checked, as has been said, in the Impaired Record department. For these coverages it is necessary to check for honesty or undesirable reputation of any kind. These dailies, and abstracts, are also taken...1946, The American Archivist, volumes 9-10, page 341
- A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.
- A cleaner who comes in daily.
- A daily disposable.
- A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
- A daily driver.
- Raw, unedited footage traditionally developed overnight and viewed by the cast and crew the next day.
- The daily revenue associated with a cinematic release.
- The new Disney movie is doing incredible numbers in the dailies.
Verb
daily (third-person singular simple present dailies, present participle dailying, simple past and past participle dailied)
- To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.
- To use, especially of a computer or operating system, for everyday tasks.
Adverb
daily (not comparable)
Proper noun capitalized: Daily
Daily (plural Dailys)
- A surname.
daily meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
daily in Hindi
- that occurs every day
- रोज़ाना rozānā, दैनिक dainik, रोज़ का roz kā
- newspaper
- दैनिक dainik, दैनिक पत्रिका dainik patrikā, दैनिक अख़बार dainik axbār
- every day
- रोज़ roz, हर रोज़ har roz, हर दिन har din, प्रतिदिन pratidin, दैनिक dainik
daily in Tamil
- that occurs every day
- அன்றாட aṉṟāṭa, தினசரி tiṉacari
- every day
- தினமும் tiṉamum, தினம் tiṉam, அன்றாடு aṉṟāṭu
daily in Urdu
- that occurs every day
- روزانہ rozānā, یَومِیَہ yaumiyā
- every day
- روز roz, ہر روز har roz, ہر دن har din
daily in Bengali
- daily
- দৈনিক dōinik, রোজানা rōjana
- daily; a daily publication
- দৈনিক dōinik
- daily; regular; habitual
- নিত্যি nityi
More languagesFewer languages
- daily in Telugu
- రోజువారి rōjuvāri, దినపత్రిక dinapatrika
- daily in Malayalam
- ദൈനംദിന dainandina, ദിനപത്രം dinapatraṁ, ദിവസേന divasēna, ദൈനംദിനം dainandinaṁ
- daily in Kannada
- ದಿನನಿತ್ಯದ, ದಿನಂಪ್ರತಿಯ, ಪ್ರತಿದಿನದ, ದೈನಂದಿನದ
- daily in Punjabi
- ਰੁਜ਼ਾਨਾ ruzānā, ਨਿੱਤ nitt
- daily in Gujarati
- દરરોજ darroj
- daily in Odia
- ଦୈନିକ
- daily in Sanskrit
- द्यविद्यवि dyávidyavi
- daily in Assamese
- নিতৌ nitou, দৈনিক doinik, নিতে nite, দৈনন্দিন doinondin
- daily in Nepali
- दैनिक
- daily in Tagalog
- araw-araw
- daily in Arabic
- يَوْمِيّ yawmiyy, يَوْمِيًّا yawmiyyan, كُلَّ يَوْمٍ kulla yawmin
- daily in Malay
- harian, setiap hari
- daily in Indonesian
- harian
- daily in Persian
- روزانه ruzâne
- daily in Thai
- ทุกวัน túk-wan, รายวัน raai-wan, ประจำวัน, หนังสือพิมพ์รายวัน nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-pim-raai-wan
- daily in Vietnamese
- hàng ngày, hằng ngày, mỗi ngày, nhật báo
- daily in Myanmar
- နေ့စဉ် ne.cany
Examples of daily in a sentence
- He follows a strict daily routine.
- The daily newspaper arrives each morning.
- Bunyan has told us […] that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.1831, Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Bunyan:
- Man hath his daily work of body or mind / Appointed, which declares his dignity, / And the regard of Heaven on all his ways.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert...
- Our only servant is a daily woman, who seems able to do everything that we require.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
- I do not let these experiences disrupt my focus in my daily or my responsibility for my family.2013, Charles Steinbach, Schizophrenia's Gift, →ISBN:
Synonyms of daily
- circadianly
- diurnally
- daily paper
- daily help
- daily maid
- quotidian
- per diem
- circadian
- diurnal
- hemeral
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Antonyms
Forms of daily
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete, archaic) | dayly |
| Noun | |
| plural | dailies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | dailies |
| present participle | dailying |
| past participle | dailied |
| past | dailied |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Dailys |
Origin of daily
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”).
From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæġlīċe (found only as dæġhwāmlīċe), equivalent to day + -ly.
Words formed from daily
- bidaily
- dailily
- dailiness
- daily-able
- daily average revenue trades
- daily beater
- daily bread
- daily-breader
- daily devotional
- daily double
- daily drive
- daily grind
- daily life
- daily necessities
- daily strip
- Daily Tele
- daily torpor
- interdaily
- intradaily
- multidaily
- nondaily
- non-daily
- on a daily basis
- on the daily
- President's Daily Briefing
- Saturdaily
- semidaily
- semi-daily
- subdaily
- Sundaily
- tridaily
Phrases with daily
Words that rhyme with daily
Questions about daily
- What does daily mean?
- Daily means that occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.
- What is daily in Hindi?
- Daily in Hindi is रोज़ाना (rozānā), दैनिक (dainik), रोज़ का (roz kā). See Daily meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use daily in a sentence?
- He follows a strict daily routine.
- What part of speech is daily?
- Daily can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce daily?
- Daily is pronounced /ˈdeɪli/.
Words near daily in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: daily (page history and authors); Daily (page history and authors); দৈনিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); daily (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਿੱਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); daily (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); daily (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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