What does daily mean?

Definitions for daily
ˈdeɪ lidai·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word daily.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dailyadjective

    a newspaper that is published every day

  2. daily, day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-dayadjective

    of or belonging to or occurring every day

    "daily routine"; "a daily paper"

  3. casual, everyday, dailyadverb

    appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

    "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

  4. dailyadverb

    every day; without missing a day

    "he stops by daily"

  5. day by day, dailyadverb

    gradually and progressively

    "his health weakened day by day"

Wiktionary

  1. dailynoun

    a newspaper that is published every day.

  2. dailynoun

    a cleaner who comes in daily.

  3. dailynoun

    a daily disposable.

  4. dailyadverb

    quotidianly, every day

  5. dailyadverb

    diurnally, by daylight

  6. dailyadjective

    quotidian, that occurs every day, or at least every weekday/ working day

  7. dailyadjective

    diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DAILYadjective

    Happening every day, or very frequently; done every day; quotidian.

    Etymology: daglic, Saxon.

    Much are we bound to heaven
    In daily thanks, that gave us such a prince. William Shakespeare, H. VIII.

    Cease, man of woman born! to hope relief
    From daily trouble, and continu’d grief. Matthew Prior.

  2. Dailyadverb

    Every day; very often.

    Let that man with better sense advise,
    That of the world least part to us is read;
    And daily how through hardy enterprize,
    Many great regions are discovered. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

    I was ambitious to be acquainted with a man, with whom I conversed almost daily, for years together. John Dryden, Virg. Ded.

ChatGPT

  1. daily

    Daily, an adjective, refers to something that occurs, is done, or is used every day. It can also describe anything that is computed or measured by the day. As a noun, it can refer to a newspaper that is published every day.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dailyadjective

    happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin

  2. Dailynoun

    a publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies

  3. Dailyadverb

    every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Daily

    dā′li, adj. and adv. every day.—n. a daily paper.

Editors Contribution

  1. daily

    To create, occur or schedule every day.

    The daily cash flow of the business is managed responsibly and they have sufficient cash flow.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 20, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DAILY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Daily is ranked #3205 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Daily surname appeared 11,276 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Daily.

    85% or 9,594 total occurrences were White.
    8.8% or 999 total occurrences were Black.
    2.7% or 312 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 220 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 82 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 69 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'daily' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1859

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'daily' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2934

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'daily' in Adverbs Frequency: #363

  4. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'daily' in Adjectives Frequency: #245

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of daily in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of daily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of daily in a Sentence

  1. Ian Rodgers:

    The repercussions for the future mental health of an entire generation could be catastrophic, in addition to the obvious psychological damage caused by witnessing traumatic events and extreme violence, there are a myriad of secondary, under-funded and often over-looked, daily causes of psychological and social damage once a displaced child arrives in a new community.

  2. Walter Raleigh:

    The world is but a large prison, out of which some are daily selected for execution.

  3. Katie Nicholl:

    … I wrote about how Harry cut out junk food after he met Meghan, who loves to eat ‘lean, clean and green’ foods, the American actress, who prides herself on a healthy-eating regimen and is a devotee of daily yoga sessions, is said to have emptied out the contents of Harry’s fridge and cupboards when she moved into his Nottingham Cottage bachelor pad, binning his favorite calorific treats.

  4. Aimee Ingabire:

    Growing up as a refugee in Congo was a daily hardship. My parents struggled to provide basic necessities for my four brothers and I. The stress of living as refugees eventually tore my family apart, my parents divorced in 2005, when I was only 7 years old.

  5. Katy Gough:

    The struggles I cope with on a daily basis are small, i decided to set myself a goal of taking the train regularly and decided to take the YouTube channel with me.

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