Meaning of quotidian in English

quotidian

adjective

formal

/kwoʊˈtɪd.i.ən/ uk

/kwəʊˈtɪd.i.ən/

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ordinary:

Television has become part of our quotidian existence.

Synonyms

everyday
mundane
unremarkable
workaday

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

being part of normal life and not special

ordinaryHe took ordinary household objects and transformed them into pieces of art.
everydayComputers are now just a part of everyday life.
quotidianWe longed for the quotidian rituals, like shopping and tea, that the end of the war would bring.
day-to-dayDay-to-day operations of the team would be handled by the assistant coach.
dailyI'm looking for a good daily shampoo that won't damage my hair.

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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Standard and routine

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(Definition of quotidian from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of quotidian

quotidian

And for several days now, the livestream has garnered thousands of concurrent viewers, actively commenting on the quotidian reality they see onscreen.

From TIME

While the app itself was beautifully designed, the content it generated was quotidian, banal, usually mundane.

From TechCrunch

This ethereal stillness quiets the quotidian realities of the river: movement, pollution, noise.

From TIME

It's all pretty darn quotidian, especially for any reader led by the title to expect, well, war stuff.

From NPR

That anger manifests itself as quotidian anxiety and that anxiety is proving to be a better guide for voting preferences than the economic slowdown.

From Washington Times

They also end up going back to the quotidian of it.

From Hollywood Reporter

The first act's discursive and dreamlike quality doesn't fully work at fleshing out either the quasi-theological underpinnings or the quotidian family conflicts.

From Chicago Tribune

My most acute memory of attending autopsies is the quiet awe, which arises from being in the presence of something at once quotidian and momentous.

From Huffington Post

Then there are the countless small touches that can leave older viewers gasping with a shock of recognition over the most quotidian but long-forgotten activities.

From The New York Review of Books

They looked so alien in a lot of ways, but they are so quotidian, so ordinary.

From Huffington Post

Even a billionaire and a supermodel must have the kind of quotidian stories to which average folks can relate.

From Los Angeles Times

Rather, it's the quotidian stuff of which the relationship is made.

From The Atlantic

The visual sumptuousness mirrors the bounty of any true friendship, and a most delicate positioning along a line where the quotidian and the magical coexist.

From The Atlantic

She is at her strongest in this depiction of the quotidian.

From Washington Times

A thousand quotidian stories flood every beautiful page.

From Huffington Post

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