Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Nearby Entries
daily - 6 dictionary results

dai⋅ly

  [dey-lee] adjective, noun, plural -lies, adverb
Use daily in a Sentence
–adjective
1. of, done, occurring, or issued each day or each weekday: daily attendance; a daily newspaper.
2. computed or measured by the day: daily quota; a daily wage.
–noun
3. a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
4. 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.
5. British.
a. a nonresident servant who comes to work every day; a permanently employed servant who sleeps out.
b. a person employed to do cleaning or other household work by the day.
–adverb
6. every day; day by day: She phoned the hospital daily.
Origin:
bef. 1000; late ME; OE dæglīc. See day, -ly

Related forms:
dai⋅li⋅ness, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To daily
dai·ly   (dā'lē)   
adj.  
  1. Of or occurring during the day.
  2. Happening or done every day: the physician's daily rounds.
  3. Computed or assessed for each day: a daily record.
  4. Everyday: casual clothes only for daily use.
adv.  
  1. Every day: Exercise daily.
  2. Once a day: Wind the clock daily.
n.   pl. dai·lies
  1. A newspaper published every day or every weekday.
  2. dailies The first, unedited print of movie film usually viewed after a day's shooting; the rushes.

[Middle English dayly, from Old English dæglīc, from dæg, day; see day.]
dai'li·ness, dai'ly·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

Daily

Dai"ly\ (d[=a]"l[y^]), a. [AS. d[ae]gl[=i]c; d[ae]g day + -l[=i]c like. See Day.] Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.

Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11.

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.

Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. --Milton.

Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere. --Milton.

Daily

Dai"ly\, n.; pl. Dailies. A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.

Daily

Dai"ly\, adv. Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : daily
Spanish: diario,
German: täglich,
Japanese: 毎日の
More Translations »

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see daily on Thesaurus | Reference