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daily

daily

184 1.0
Suitable for ordinary, everyday use or wear
  • adjective
  • /ˈdeɪli/
translation icon : de uso diario
  • We all know someone whose daily look is just this.
  • a daily routine
  • daily life
  • daily living

Ah, I was wearing my dad's daily boots to school.

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Examples

  • Provide parents with a look at a couple of the daily activity options.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But in general, work boots are my daily wear.

  • But for me, I like films that take me away from the daily life.

  • Now I need to kind of explain this is not for me a daily wear because I break out really bad from it.

  • But like I, I feel much more comfortable being, you know, my everyday, daily self.

  • It's the boring, mundane, daily little things.

  • My daily maintenance.

  • Aside from permitting us to pursue the mundane daily activities of life.

  • There was, doubtless, a sense of emancipation, the drudgery of a daily routine left far behind.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • I enjoy reading my favorite blogs as part of my daily routine.

Synonyms

everyday
vsdaily
276 1.0

Ordinary clothes or things used in daily life, not for special occasions

is framed to stress suitability for ordinary occasions rather than formality
routine
vsdaily
263 1.0

Happening as a usual part of daily life

emphasizes being suitable for ordinary occasions rather than just occurring often
day-to-day
vsdaily
127 1.1

Things you do every day as part of normal life

focuses on suitability for ordinary occasions rather than frequency
casual
vsdaily
81 1.3

Suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions

focuses on being suitable for ordinary occasions not formal events

Antonyms

1.0

More important or different from what is usual

formal
  • Formal
394 3.0

Official and proper in a way suitable for important occasions

Compounds

21 1.0

A usual order of things a person does every day

daily bread
  • Informal
13 2.7

The food and other things you need to live each day

7 2.6

An amount of medicine or vitamin taken each day to keep a person healthy

daily grind
  • Informal
4 4.2

A boring, tiring routine of everyday work and chores

3 1.0

An activity you do every day at home or work

daily double
  • Jargon
1 8.1

A bet that picks the winners of two races on the same day

1 2.8

A regular car trip to and from work each day

1 3.2

Usual tasks a person does every day

daily crucifixion
  • Literature
9.9

Constant pain or trouble that you feel every day

daily dew
  • Specialized
9.9

A small bog plant with leaves covered in sticky hairs that trap and eat insects

Daily Heil
  • Offensive
9.9

A joking and critical name for the British newspaper the Daily Mail that mocks its sensational coverage

daily order
  • Formal
7.1

An instruction that a military leader gives every day to people under their command

daily smoko
  • Australian
9.9

A short break each day at work to drink, smoke or relax

A change in an amount or condition from one day to the next

How Formal

ceremonial
  • Formal
1 4.6
formal
  • Formal
394 3.0
daily
184 1.0
casual
194 2.8

Surface Forms

daily positive

Morphology

daily = day (semi-transparent) = day + ly

The sense 'suitable for ordinary or routine occasions' is an extension from 'every day' to 'ordinary/everyday', so the connection is visible but somewhat figurative.

Etymology

Daily comes from the simple word day plus the ending -ly, which together mean 'for each day'. When something is called your daily (like shoes or jewelry), it means it is for 'everyday' or 'ordinary' use, not for special occasions.