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Webster 1913 Edition
Daily
Dai′ly
(dā′ly̆)
, Adj.
Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal;
as,
daily
labor; a daily
bulletin.Give us this day our
daily
bread. Matt. vi. 11.
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
Appointed, which declares his dignity,
And the regard of Heaven on all his ways.
daily
work of body or mindAppointed, which declares his dignity,
And the regard of Heaven on all his ways.
Milton.
Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound
Within the visible
Within the visible
diurnal
sphere. Milton.
Dai′ly
,Noun.
pl.
Dailies
. A publication which appears regularly every day;
as, the morning
. dailies
Dai′ly
,adv.
Every day; day by day;
as, a thing happens
. daily
Webster 1828 Edition
Daily
DA'ILY
,Adj.
Give us this day our daily bread. [Lord's Prayer]
DA'ILY
,adv.
Definition 2024
daily
daily
See also: đại lý
English
Alternative forms
- dayly (archaic)
Adjective
daily (not comparable)
- quotidian, that occurs every day, or at least every working day
- Bible, Matthew vi. 11
- Give us this day our daily bread.
- Macaulay
- Bunyan has told us […] that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.
- Milton
- Man hath his daily work of body or mind / Appointed, which declares his dignity, / And the regard of Heaven on all his ways.
- Bible, Matthew vi. 11
- diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly
Derived terms
Translations
that occurs every day
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diurnal
Adverb
daily (not comparable)
- quotidianly, every day
- diurnally, by daylight
Translations
every day
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Noun
daily (plural dailies)
- a newspaper that is published every day.
- (Britain) a cleaner who comes in daily.
- (Britain, slang) a daily disposable.
- (video games) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
Synonyms
- daily help
- daily maid (woman only)
- daily paper
Translations
a newspaper that is published every day
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a cleaner who comes in daily (daily help or daily maid)