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
1
: every day
Take one pill twice daily.
2
: every weekday
They serve lunch at school daily.
plural dailies
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
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
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Congress decided to make daylight saving time permanent for two years from 1973 to 1975, extending the hours of daily sunlight year-round to conserve energy during the oil embargo crisis.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
Sushi and caviar were served daily.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
According to French daily Le Parisien, the thieves, two of whom were disguised as construction workers, entered the museum after parking next to it.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
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—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Congress decided to make daylight saving time permanent for two years from 1973 to 1975, extending the hours of daily sunlight year-round to conserve energy during the oil embargo crisis.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
This combination can turn daily, simple tasks like washing hands or brushing teeth into an entire cleaning session.
—Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
Sushi and caviar were served daily.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
Just as a chef hones a knife daily to keep it prime—rather than waiting for it to dull and require the destructive act of sharpening—organizations can hone their approach to AI in ways that are less risky, more resilient, and ultimately faster and more effective than transformation.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
According to French daily Le Parisien, the thieves, two of whom were disguised as construction workers, entered the museum after parking next to it.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Daily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daily. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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daily
1 of 2 adjective
dai·ly
ˈdā-lē 
1
a
: occurring, done, produced, or used every day or every weekday
a daily newspaper
b
: of or relating to every day
daily visitor
2
: figured in terms of one day
daily wages
daily
adverb
daily
2 of 2 noun
plural dailies
: a newspaper published every weekday
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