Definition of 'daily'
Word forms: plural dailies
3. countable noun
4.
See daily life
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daily in British English
adverb
6.
every day
7.
constantly; often
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Word origin
Old English dæglīc; see day, -ly1Word Frequency
daily in American English
adjective
1.
done, happening, published, etc. every day or every weekday
adverb
5.
every day; day after day
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Word Frequency
daily in American English
(ˈdeili) (noun plural -lies)
adjective
adverb
6.
every day; day by day
She phoned the hospital daily
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Derived forms
dailiness noun
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daily
British English: daily
/ˈdeɪlɪ/ ADJECTIVE
Daily means of or occurring every day or every weekday.
They held daily press briefings.
- American English: daily /ˈdeɪli/
- Arabic: يَوْمِيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: diário
- Chinese: 每天
- Croatian: dnevni
- Czech: denní
- Danish: daglig
- Dutch: dagelijks
- European Spanish: diario
- Finnish: päivittäinen
- French: quotidien
- German: täglich
- Greek: καθημερινός
- Italian: giornaliero
- Japanese: 毎日の
- Korean: 매일의
- Norwegian: daglig
- Polish: codzienny
- European Portuguese: diário
- Romanian: zilnic
- Russian: ежедневный
- Latin American Spanish: diario
- Swedish: daglig
- Thai: ซึ่งเกิดทุกวัน
- Turkish: günlük
- Ukrainian: щоденний
- Vietnamese: hàng ngày
British English: daily
/ˈdeɪlɪ/ ADVERB
If something happens daily, it happens every day.
The airline flies daily to the capital city.
- American English: daily /ˈdeɪli/
- Arabic: يَوْمِيّاً
- Brazilian Portuguese: diariamente
- Chinese: 每天
- Croatian: dnevno
- Czech: denně
- Danish: daglig
- Dutch: dagelijks
- European Spanish: diariamente
- Finnish: päivittäin
- French: quotidiennement
- German: täglich
- Greek: καθημερινά
- Italian: giornalmente
- Japanese: 毎日
- Korean: 매일
- Norwegian: daglig
- Polish: codziennie
- European Portuguese: diariamente
- Romanian: zilnic
- Russian: ежедневно
- Latin American Spanish: diariamente
- Swedish: dagligen
- Thai: ทุกวัน
- Turkish: her gün
- Ukrainian: щоденно
- Vietnamese: hàng ngày
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