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daily

[dey-lee]

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adjective

of, done, occurring, or issued each day or each weekday: daily attendance; a daily newspaper.

computed or measured by the day: daily quota; a daily wage.

noun

a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.

dailies, Movies. a series of hastily printed shots from the previous day's shooting, selected by the director to be viewed for possible inclusion in the final version of the film; rushes.

British.

a nonresident servant who comes to work every day; a permanently employed servant who sleeps out.

a person employed to do cleaning or other household work by the day.

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adverb

every day; day by day: She phoned the hospital daily.

Origin:
before 1000; late Middle English; Old English dæglīc. See day, -ly

Related forms

dai·li·ness, noun

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Example Sentences

Even phone companies are getting in on the daily deals craze.

And, perhaps better than anyone, he knows the full scope of the impact fluid flow has on our daily lives.

Browse through history using our daily maps of historical news events and milestones.

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Even phone companies are getting in on the daily deals craze.

And, perhaps better than anyone, he knows the full scope of the impact fluid flow has on our daily lives.

Browse through history using our daily maps of historical news events and milestones.

Researchers must purge e-mail in-boxes daily of threatening correspondence, simply part of the job of being a climate scientist.

Her impressions had come mainly from daily news reports of the fighting and casualties and the coalition.

Whale-watching trips are available daily now through mid-April.

Google's daily brainteaser helps hone your search skills.

Men who take daily doses of certain pain killers may slightly increase their risk for high blood pressure, a new study reports.

Graduate students have ample opportunity in their daily lives to discuss their research.

Daily wind and weather patterns also guide how far a plume goes and how long it stays aloft.

Daily science and technology news articles provided by the monthly magazine.

Children imagine, discover and learn in dozens of interactive exhibits and daily educational programs.

He makes daily rounds, watering and snipping off faded blooms and damaged foliage.

Loopt, a location-based mobile application, is testing out a new service that lets its users request daily deals from merchants.

Several spouses went into great detail about the specifics of all of the work they did on a daily basis for their colleges.

But perhaps the biggest draw for many tourists is a daily three-minute spectacle known as the running of the bulls.

To further confuse things the dip poles move around-sometimes with daily frequency.

Away from the daily distractions that can get in your way.

Finally he called a neighbor to come over and join the daily trek.

Today's generation has integrated web-based technology into their daily lives.

But in daily life, researchers studying older people have found, cortisol might be helpful in getting the forlorn out of bed.

Individual blossoms do not last long, but for weeks new ones open daily.

It will help prevent difficulties in performing daily duties due to lack of understanding or inconsistent methods.

Workers are traveling ever longer to attain the job or home life they want, but the daily stress may outweigh the gains.

Because of the long list of homemade pies, all available daily.

Most college instructors probably aren't about to start giving the daily quizzes that some researchers.

Some researchers suggest that the simple act of taking a daily prophylactic pill can serve as a reminder that one is at risk.

Plants need water daily in warm weather, every other day in cool conditions.

For the first time, toxic screening is underway for thousands of chemicals in daily use.

From daily wake-up songs to portable music players, music is a big part of life in orbit.

Aside from normal daily water loss in the form of urine, the major source of body water loss is sweat.

Previous research had found that these photosynthetic bacteria keep a daily schedule even without stimuli from the outside world.

Citizen scientists are asked to track daily or monthly precipitation amounts.

Kompaï could also store a person's daily schedule and shopping lists, and access online calendars or weather.

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World English Dictionary

daily (ˈdeɪlɪ)

—*adj*
1.	of or occurring every day or every weekday: a daily paper
2.	earn one's daily bread to earn one's living
3.	the daily round the usual activities of one's day

—n , -lies
4.	a daily publication, esp a newspaper
5.	(Brit) another name for a charwoman Also called: daily help

—*adv*
6.	every day
7.	constantly; often

[Old English dæglīc; see day, -ly¹]

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Word Origin & History

daily

O.E. dæglic (see day). This form is known from compounds, twadæglic "happening once in two days," þreodæglic "happening once in three days;" the more usual O.E. word was dæghwamlic.

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