daily

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdeɪli/ See IPA manual

Freq #2786

Meanings

1

adj
Happening or done every day.

Brushing your teeth is part of a good daily routine.
2

adv
Every day.

The medicine should be taken twice daily.
3

noun
A newspaper that is published every day.

The story appeared on the front page of the national daily.

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Synonyms

1 adj · happening or done every day. day-to-dayeveryday

More circadian diurnalhemeraljournal nychthemeral quotidian

Opposites

ahemeral

Word family

Forms dailies

Derived forms bidailydaililydailinessdaily-abledaily-breaderinterdailyintradailymultidailynon-dailynondailysaturdailysemi-daily

Related forms annual everyday hebdomadalinfradianmonthly nightlyquartanquotidian tertianultradianweekly yearly

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Phrases (1)

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daily life
the ordinary activities and routines of each day

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Life is so daily

Etymology

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

dayly Middle English dæġlīċ Old English *dagalīk Proto-West Germanic *dagalīkaz Proto-Germanic

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# daily

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, adv, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈdeɪli/
**Frequency rank:** 2786

## Meanings
1. Happening or done every day.
2. Every day.
3. A newspaper that is published every day.

## Examples
- Brushing your teeth is part of a good daily routine.
- The medicine should be taken twice daily.
- The story appeared on the front page of the national daily.

## Synonyms
- circadian
- diurnal
- hemeral
- journal
- nychthemeral
- quotidian

## Antonyms
- ahemeral

## Derived Forms
- bidaily
- dailily
- dailiness
- daily-able
- daily-breader
- interdaily
- intradaily
- multidaily
- non-daily
- nondaily
- saturdaily
- semi-daily

## Related Forms
- annual
- everyday
- hebdomadal
- infradian
- monthly
- nightly
- quartan
- quotidian
- tertian
- ultradian
- weekly
- yearly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dayly
- Root: dæġlīċ
- Root: *dagalīk
- Root: *dagalīkaz
- Affix: -ly - (adv.) in a manner of

## Etymology
From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

## AI Etymology
daily comes from Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”). The historical chain includes Middle English dayly, Old English dæġlīċ, Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz. Current senses include Happening or done every day and Every day. English relatives and later formations include bidaily, dailily, dailiness, annual, everyday.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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