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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Daily \Dai"ly\, adv Every day day by day as a thing happens daily. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Daily \Dai"ly\ (d[=a]"l[y^]), a. [AS. d[ae]gl[=i]c; d[ae]g day + -l[=i]c like See {Day}.] Happening, or belonging to each successive day diurnal; as daily labor; a daily bulletin. Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi 11. 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. Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. --Milton. Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Daily \Dai"ly\, n.; pl {Dailies}. A publication which appears regularly every day as the morning dailies. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: daily adj 1: occurring or done each day "a daily record"; "day-by-day labors of thousands of men and women"- H.S.Truman; "her day-after-day behavior"; "an everyday occurrence" [syn: {day-to-day}, {day-after-day}, {everyday}] 2: occurring every day or measured by the day "a daily newspaper"; "daily chores" "average daily wage"; "daily quota" n : a newspaper that is published every day adv 1: without missing a day "he stops by daily" [syn: {every day}, {each day}] 2: gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by day" [syn: {day by day}]
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