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daily¹

  • /ˈdeɪli/

Sounds like deli, Delhi (fell-fail merger) · Rhymes with -eɪli

Where it comes from

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”).

adjective more daily · most daily · dailiest · dayly

  1. That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day. Near-synonyms: circadianly, diurnally

    Similar: circadianly, diurnally

  2. archaic Diurnal: by daylight.

    Opposite: nightly, at night

Similar: journal, quotidian, per diem, circadian, daily, diurnal, hemeral, nychthemeral · Opposite: ahemeral

noun dailies · dayly

  1. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day. In the home office these dailies may be filed under one of two methods. Geographically by the territory controlled by an Agency, filing the dailies by their numbers back of the guide indicating the locality. Geographically as above, but filing the dailies by expiration date instead of by their numbe
  2. A newspaper or comic strip etc. that is published every day.

    Similar: daily paper

  3. UK A cleaner who comes in daily.

    Similar: daily help, daily maid

  4. UK, slang A daily disposable.
  5. A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
  6. US, colloquial A daily driver.
  7. US Raw, unedited footage traditionally developed overnight and viewed by the cast and crew the next day.
  8. The daily revenue associated with a cinematic release. The new Disney movie is doing incredible numbers in the dailies.

verb dailies · dailying · dailied · dayly

  1. US, colloquial To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.
  2. US, broadly, colloquial To use, especially of a computer or operating system, for everyday tasks.

daily²

  • /ˈdeɪli/

Sounds like deli, Delhi (fell-fail merger) · Rhymes with -eɪli

Where it comes from

From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæġlīċe (found only as dæġhwāmlīċe), equivalent to day + -ly.

adverb dayly

  1. not comparable Quotidianly, every day.
  2. not comparable Diurnally, by daylight.

Daily³

proper noun Dailys

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: every day, everyday, day-to-day, regular, day-after-day, each day, quotidian, present, periodic, routinely, routine, normal, day, usual, commonplace, mundane

adjective

Similar: journal, quotidian, per diem, circadian, daily, diurnal, hemeral, nychthemeral · Opposite: ahemeral

Translations

Every language

adj that occurs every day

Españoldiario
한국어매일의 maeirui
日本語毎日の mainichi no
中文每天的 měitiān de
हिन्दीरोज़ाना rozānā, दैनिक dainik, रोज़ का roz kā
Kiswahilikila siku
Portuguêsdiário, quotidiano
Françaisquotidien, journalier
Deutschtäglich
Italianoquotidiano, giornaliero
Ελληνικάεφήμερος efímeros, καθημερινός kathimerinós
Românăzilnic, cotidian
Русскийежедне́вный ježednévnyj, каждодне́вный každodnévnyj, ежесу́точный ježesútočnyj
Tiếng Việthàng ngày, hằng ngày, mỗi ngày
العربيةيَوْمِيّ yawmiyy
עבריתיומיומי yomiomy, יומיומית yomiomyt

noun newspaper

Españoldiario
한국어일보 ilbo, 일간지 ilganji, 일간신문 ilgansinmun
日本語日報 nippō, 日刊新聞 nikkan shimbun, 日刊紙 nikkanshi
中文日報 /日报 rìbào
हिन्दीदैनिक dainik, दैनिक पत्रिका dainik patrikā, दैनिक अख़बार dainik axbār
Portuguêsdiário
Françaisquotidien
DeutschTageszeitung
Italianoquotidiano
Românăziar
Русскийежедне́вная газе́та ježednévnaja gazéta, ежедне́вник ježednévnik
Tiếng Việtnhật báo
עבריתיוֹמוֹן yomon

noun cleaner

Portuguêsdiarista
Italianodonna di servizio
Русскийподёнщица podjónščica

adv every day

Españoldiariamente, cotidianamente
한국어매일 maeil, 맨날 maennal
日本語毎日 mainichi, 日々 nichinichi
中文每天 měitiān, 每日 měirì, 天天 tiāntiān
हिन्दीरोज़ roz, हर रोज़ har roz, हर दिन har din, प्रतिदिन pratidin, दैनिक dainik
Kiswahilikila siku
Portuguêsdiariamente
Françaisquotidiennement, journellement, tous les jours, chaque jour
Deutschtäglich, jeden Tag
Italianoquotidianamente, giornalmente, ogni giorno, tutti i giorni
Ελληνικάημερησίως imerisíos, καθημερινά kathimeriná, κάθε μέρα káthe méra
Românăzilnic, cotidian
Русскийежедне́вно ježednévno, ка́ждый день káždyj denʹ, каждодне́вно každodnévno
Tiếng Việtmổi ngày
العربيةيَوْمِيًّا yawmiyyan, كُلَّ يَوْمٍ kulla yawmin
עבריתמדי יום mi'dei yom

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@misc{daily_2026,
  title = {daily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/daily},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}