Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Daily"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Daily \Dai"ly\, adv.
Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Daily \Dai"ly\, n.; pl. {Dailies}.
A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the
morning dailies.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
daily
adj 1: occurring or done each day; "a daily record"; "day-by-day
labors of thousands of men and women"- H.S.Truman;
"her day-after-day behavior"; "an every day
occurrence" [syn: {day-to-day}, {day-after-day}, {every
day}]
2: occurring every day or measured by the day; "a daily
newspaper"; "daily chores" "average daily wage"; "daily
quota"
n : a newspaper that is published every day
adv 1: without missing a day; "he stops by daily" [syn: {every day},
{each day}]
2: gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by
day" [syn: {day by day}]
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