daily

Meanings

Adjective

• That occurs every day, or at least every working day
• diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly

Noun

• 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.

Adverb

• quotidianly, every day
• diurnally, by daylight

Related

Similar words

• journal
• quotidian
• daily help, daily maid (woman only)
• daily paper

Origin

• From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz, equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly, German Low German dagelk, dagelik, Dutch dagelijks, German täglich, Danish daglig, Swedish daglig, Icelandic daglegur.
• From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæġlīċe (found only as dæġhwāmlīċe), equivalent to day + -ly.