daily
Noun pluraldailies
Pluraldailies
Formsdailies, dailying, dailied
- 1Happening every day, or at least on every workday.
The team holds a daily meeting at nine o'clock.
Brushing your teeth should be a daily habit.
UsageOften in daily life and on a daily basis. Everyday (one word) means ordinary.
- 2On every day, each day without missing one.
The buses run daily between the two towns.
She waters the plants daily so they never dry out.
UsagePut it after the action: water the plants daily. Also twice daily.
- 3Counted or worked out for one day, or about a single day.
The daily fee for parking downtown is ten dollars.
The doctor said my daily limit is two cups of coffee.
UsageOften in daily rate, daily limit and average daily amounts.
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- 4A newspaper or comic strip that comes out every day or every weekday.
She reads the local daily over breakfast.
The cartoonist drew a popular daily for many years.
Less common meanings
- 5Something you make, use, or do every day.
Our work team meets for a quick daily every morning at nine.
Each shop sends the main office a daily that lists the day's sales.
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- 6Raw, unedited footage from a day's filming, traditionally watched by the cast and crew the next day.
The actors gathered to watch the dailies after filming wrapped.
The director watched the dailies every morning before shooting began.
UsageUsually plural, often the dailies. Another name is rushes.
Similarrushes
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- 7A car that someone drives every day for normal trips.
My daily is an old hatchback with 200,000 miles on it.
He keeps the sports car in the garage and drives a beat-up daily to work.
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- 8To drive a car every day for normal trips like work and errands.
He dailies an old pickup truck to the job site.
I daily my mom's hatchback while my car is in the shop.
UsageSay he dailies it, he dailied it.
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- 9A game task you can do once each day to earn rewards over time.
She logs in every morning to finish her daily.
Completing the daily gives you bonus coins.
UsageUsually plural: do your dailies.
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- 10A house cleaner who comes to work every day.
Their daily comes in each morning to tidy the house.
They hired a daily to help with the cleaning.
UsageOutside Britain, say daily cleaner, or people may think you mean a newspaper.
Similarcleaner
- 11A contact lens that you wear for one day and then throw away.
She popped in a fresh pair of dailies before the match.
If you drop a daily, throw it away and open a new lens.
UsageUsually plural: dailies. In careful writing, say daily disposable lenses.
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- 13During the daytime, while the sun is up.
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Origins
This comes from Old English dæġlīċ, made from the words for "day" and "-ly."
Checked 5 Nov 2026 · 2 facts
- The Old English form is dæġlīċ, with ġ rather than ǡ. en.wiktionary.org
- The Old English formation combines the elements corresponding to day and -ly. en.wiktionary.org
This comes from Old English, made from the words for "day" and "-ly."
Checked 5 Nov 2026 · 2 facts
- Daily has an Old English origin. en.wiktionary.org
- Its components correspond to day and -ly. en.wiktionary.org