daily
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
daily
adv 1: every day; without missing a day; "he stops by daily"
2: gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by day"
[syn: {day by day}, {daily}]
adj 1: of or belonging to or occurring every day; "daily
routine"; "a daily paper" [syn: {daily}, {day-to-day},
{day-by-day}, {day-after-day}]
2: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual
clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: {casual}, {everyday},
{daily}]
n 1: a newspaper that is published every day
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Daily \Dai"ly\ (d[=a]"l[y^]), a. [AS. d[ae]gl[imac]c; d[ae]g day
+ -l[imac]c like. See {Day}.]
Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as,
daily labor; a daily bulletin.
[1913 Webster]
Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi.
11.
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Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream
was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.
--Macaulay.
Syn: {Daily}, {Diurnal}.
Usage: Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former
is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life;
as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The
latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what
belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal
revolution of the earth.
[1913 Webster]
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed, which declares his dignity,
And the regard of Heaven on all his ways.
--Milton.
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Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound
Within the visible diurnal sphere. --Milton.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "daily":
always, annual, at all times, biannual, biennial, bimonthly,
biweekly, catamenial, ceaselessly, centenary, centennial,
circadian, common, commonplace, constantly, continually,
continuously, cyclically, daily and hourly, daily newspaper,
day after day, day and night, day by day, daybook, decennial,
diary, diurnal, ephemeris, epochally, ever, ever and anon,
every day, every hour, every moment, everyday, extra,
extra edition, fortnightly, gazette, habitually, hebdomadal,
hour after hour, hour by hour, hourly, in time, incessantly,
journal, magazine, menstrual, momentary, momently,
month after month, monthly, national newspaper,
neighborhood newspaper, news, newsmagazine, newspaper,
newspaper of record, night and day, on and on, on the beat,
ordinary, organ, paper, perennially, periodical, periodically,
perpetually, pictorial, quarterly, quotidian, rag, rapidly,
recurrently, regular, regularly, review, rhythmically, right along,
routine, seasonally, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly,
semiweekly, semiyearly, serial, sheet, slick magazine, special,
special edition, steadily, sustainedly, synchronously, tabloid,
tertian, trade magazine, triennial, unceasingly, unintermittently,
uninterruptedly, unvaryingly, weekly, weekly newspaper,
without cease, without letup, without stopping, year after year,
yearbook, yearly
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