daily

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Happening or done every day.

   Brushing your teeth is part of a good daily routine.

2. 2
   adv

   Every day.

   The medicine should be taken twice daily.

3. 3
   noun

   A newspaper that is published every day.

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

Common collocations

• daily life Adjective + noun

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”).

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