daily

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) That occurs every day, or at least every working day.
2. (archaic, not-comparable) Diurnally: by daylight.

Noun

1. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
2. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
3. (UK) Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
4. (UK, slang) Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
5. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
6. (US, colloquial) Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
7. (US) Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

Verb

To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) quotidianly, every day
2. (not-comparable) diurnally, by daylight

Opposite of

nightly, at night

Synonyms

everyday

every day

diurnal

day-to-day

day by day

daily newspaper

quotidian

always

day after day

each day

workaday

constantly

regular

Gah

usual

day-by-day

mundane

newspaper

📰

of the day

day-after-day

commonly

regularly

per day

normal

day’s

casual

usually

vital

journal

common

day

ordinarily

today

twice

urgent

‼️

all days

of today

twenty-four-hour

a day

24 hours’

occurring every day

occurring eyery day

performed in ad ay

a daily newspaper

in one day

all the times

as usual

bread-and-butter

by the day

commonplace

Translations

täglich

quotidiano

diario

quotidien

dagelijks

diariamente

quotidiennement

giornaliero

journalier

diário

ogni giorno

journellement

cotidiano

quotidianamente

diari

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdeɪli/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dayly

Inherited from Old English: dæġlīċ

Cognate with Scots: dayly

Cognate with Dutch: dagelijks

Cognate with German: täglich

Cognate with Danish: daglig

Cognate with Swedish: daglig

Cognate with Icelandic: daglegur

Inherited from Old English: *dæġlīċe

In summary

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”).