daily
adjective
dai·ly
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Definition of daily
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a
: 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
2a
: reckoned by the day
average daily wage
b
: covering the period of or based on a day
daily statistics
daily
adverbDefinition of daily (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: every day
2
: every weekday
daily
noun
plural dailies
Definition of daily (Entry 3 of 3)
1
: a newspaper that is published every day or every day except Sunday
2
British, old-fashioned
: a servant who works on a daily basis
3
dailies plural
: the first prints of a movie showing the scenes that are filmed each day : rush sense 6
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Synonyms & Antonyms for daily
Synonyms: Adjective
day-to-day, diurnal, quotidian
Synonyms: Noun
domestic, flunky (also flunkey), lackey, menial, retainer, servant, slavey, steward
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of daily in a Sentence
Adjective
It has changed every aspect of daily life. I started eating healthier and added exercise to my daily routine. daily activities such as eating breakfast and washing your face There's not enough water to meet the daily needs of the city's people. She reads the daily paper each morning. Their average daily wage is only five dollars. She had been taking more than the recommended daily dose of the medicine.Noun
the city's two largest dailies hired a daily to come in each morning to cook and clean
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
This story first appeared in The Hollywood Reporter's Sept. 8 daily issue at the Toronto Film Festival. — Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, "Toronto: Maggie Q Boards Actioner 'Long Gone Heroes' (Exclusive)," 8 Sep. 2019 Park visitors hope to be drawn in a daily lottery as one of 300 people who are permitted to try the 14-mile trek to the top, the Visalia Times Delta reported. — Fox News, "Arizona hiker falls to her death while climbing Yosemite National Park's Half Dome," 8 Sep. 2019 Tourism officials estimate that 6,000 people daily visit the 600-foot-long (183-meter-long) street in the summer, creating lines of cars stretching for blocks. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Tourists may pay tolls to drive San Francisco crooked street," 6 Sep. 2019 In 2018, the owners of a holiday home in the eastern Doubs region complained that the daily tolling of church bells near their vacation house started too early. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "A Rooster Named Maurice Can Keep on Crowing, French Court Rules," 5 Sep. 2019 All puns aside, that’s five daily touchpoints to keep Beyonce connected with fans, all with alternative revenue streams outside of her music. — Brian Penick, Billboard, "Five Music Tech Investment Areas You Need to Know (Guest Column)," 5 Sep. 2019 Michigan football's senior right guard worked on changing his daily habits this offseason, seeking out strength and conditioning coach Ben Herbert and nutritionist Abigail O'Connor. — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan football OL Michael Onwenu's key for no-huddle offense: Get more sleep," 4 Sep. 2019 The Pittsburgh native struggled with substance abuse for years, often writing songs about his daily drug usage, mental health, and desire for sobriety. — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, "Los Angeles Drug Dealer Arrested, Charged in Connection to Mac Miller's Death: Reports," 4 Sep. 2019 Trump’s Twitter feed is a daily exercise in attacking his critics, including Stephens, who is no friend to the president. — Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, "Bret Stephens's Bedbug Controversy Shows How Too Many Free Speech Champions Are All Talk," 28 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
The village police started receiving almost daily calls about the noise, mostly from one particular neighbor whose house backs up to the park. — Jessica Contrera, chicagotribune.com, "Maryland dog park divides the rich and powerful," 6 Sep. 2019 President Donald Trump and his allies tell the public almost daily not to believe real reporting. — Brian Stelter, CNN, "Why Trump's constant attacks on an independent press are so dangerous," 2 Sep. 2019 The village police started receiving almost daily calls about the noise, mostly from one particular neighbor whose house backs up to the park. — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, "‘NO EXCESSIVE BARKING’: A Chevy Chase dog park divides the rich and powerful," 28 Aug. 2019 The village police started receiving almost daily calls about the noise, mostly from one particular neighbor whose house backs up to the park. — Jessica Contrera, BostonGlobe.com, "Maryland dog park divides the rich and powerful," 28 Aug. 2019 The village police started receiving almost daily calls about the noise, mostly from one particular neighbor whose house backs up to the park. — Jessica Contrera, baltimoresun.com, "‘NO EXCESSIVE BARKING’: A Maryland dog park divides the rich and powerful," 28 Aug. 2019 According to a traffic count conducted earlier this year, there are about 25,000 cars daily on MLK Jr. Highway – which stretches from Alabama Highway 53 to Pulaski Pike. — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, "Work on horizon to extend Huntsville’s Northern Bypass," 28 Aug. 2019 Almost daily, educators across the country tell me that at least half of their students use electronic cigarettes, mainly the Juul brand. — Bonnie Halpern-felsher, Twin Cities, "Bonnie Halpern-Felsher: Call this youth crisis what it is: A Juuling epidemic," 19 Aug. 2019 As one of the few Jews living in Teaneck in the early 1940s, young Saperstein is discriminated against almost daily by teachers and students, especially by members of the Black Cat Gang, a bunch of rowdies who make his life hell. — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, "Regional books: “This Boy’s War,” “The Dead Girl in 2A” and more," 18 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
When the department started the daily Crime Control Meetings on April 1, the city was at a 1.3 increase in Part 1 offenses: homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft and arson. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, "Beat by beat, street by street, Birmingham police use algorithms to fight crime in age of analytics," 6 Sep. 2019 People from Ciudad Juárez cross into El Paso daily to shop, work, and go to school. — Jazmine Ulloa, BostonGlobe.com, "El Paso is my hometown. I returned to find unity and resilience in a mass shooters’ wake," 10 Aug. 2019 After the split, the company purchased Journal Media Group Inc., owner of 11 dailies including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, for $280 million. — Keach Hagey And Lukas I. Alpert, WSJ, "Hostile Bid for Gannett Rattles Some in the Newspaper Business," 14 Jan. 2019 If You Go Delta Farmers Market: Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 2510 Highway 12, Isleton; www.facebook.com/deltafarmsmarket. — Cirrus Wood, The Mercury News, "Weekend getaway: A Sacramento Delta road trip with bikes, beer and more," 25 Aug. 2019 Most are weeklies, but many metro dailies are in real trouble, too. — Washington Post, "When local news goes away, citizens suffer. Gannett’s megamerger will probably just inflict more pain.," 16 Aug. 2019 Gannett also owns dailies in major cities such as the Detroit Free Press and Arizona Republic. — NBC News, "Newspaper chain GateHouse buying Gannett, USA Today owner," 5 Aug. 2019 Gannett also owns dailies in major cities such as the Detroit Free Press and Arizona Republic. — Tali Arbel, Twin Cities, "GateHouse, Gannett to merge for $1.4B, build newspaper giant," 5 Aug. 2019 Gannett also owns dailies in major cities such as the Detroit Free Press and Arizona Republic. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Newspaper chain GateHouse buying Gannett, USA Today owner," 5 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'daily.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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