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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DA'ILY, a. Happening or being every day; done day by day; bestowed or enjoyed every day; as daily labor; a daily allowance.
Give us this day our daily bread. [Lord's Prayer]
DA'ILY, adv. Every day; day by day; as, a thing happen daily.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or belonging to or occurring every day; "daily routine"; "a daily paper" [syn: daily, day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-day]
2: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: casual, everyday, daily] n
1: a newspaper that is published every day adv
1: every day; without missing a day; "he stops by daily"
2: gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by day" [syn: day by day, daily]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. occurring, made, or acted upon every day <daily needs> b. issued every day or every weekday <a daily newspaper> c. of or providing for every day <a daily schedule> 2. a. reckoned by the day <average daily wage> b. covering the period of or based on a day <daily statistics> II. adverb Date: 15th century 1. every day 2. every weekday III. noun (plural dailies) Date: 1832 1. a newspaper published every weekday 2. British a servant who works on a daily basis 3. plural rush 6

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 done, produced, or occurring every day or every weekday. 2 constant, regular. --adv. 1 every day; from day to day. 2 constantly. --n. (pl. -ies) colloq. 1 a daily newspaper. 2 Brit. a charwoman or domestic help working daily. Phrases and idioms: daily bread necessary food; a livelihood. daily dozen Brit. colloq. regular exercises, esp. on rising. Etymology: ME f. DAY + -LY(1), -LY(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Daily Dai"ly, adv. Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Daily Dai"ly (d[=a]"l[y^]), a. [AS. d[ae]gl[=i]c; d[ae]g day + -l[=i]c like. See Day.] Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin. Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11. Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands. --Macaulay. Syn: Daily, Diurnal. Usage: 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 daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. --Milton. Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Daily Dai"ly, n.; pl. Dailies. A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dailies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something happens daily, it happens every day. Cathay Pacific flies daily non-stop to Hong Kong from Heathrow... The Visitor Centre is open daily 8.30 a.m.–4.30 p.m. ADV: ADV after v • Daily is also an adjective. They held daily press briefings. ADJ: ADJ n 2. Daily quantities or rates relate to a period of one day. ...a diet containing adequate daily amounts of fresh fruit... Our average daily turnover is about £300. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A daily is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday. Copies of the local daily had been scattered on a table. N-COUNT • Daily is also an adjective. He studied the daily papers. ADJ: ADJ n 4. Your daily life is the things that you do every day as part of your normal life. ...the failure of the government to improve most people's daily lives. PHRASE: N inflects

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

da'-li: This word, coming as it does from the Hebrew yom "day," and the Greek hemera, suggests either day by day (Ex 5:13), that which is prepared for one daily (Ne 5:18), as e.g. our "daily bread," meaning bread sufficient for that day (Mt 6:11); or day by day continuously, one day after another in succession, as "the daily burnt offering" (Nu 29:6 the King James Version), "daily ministration" (Ac 6:1), and "daily in the temple" (Ac 5:42 the King James Version). The meaning of the word "daily" as used in the Lord's Prayer (Mt 6:11) seems to indicate sufficient for our need, whether we consider that need as a day at a time, or day after day as we are permitted to live. "Give us bread sufficient for our sustenance."

William E. Vans

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Diurnal, quotidian.

Moby Thesaurus

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