daily

Definitions

1. adjective

   Happening every day.

   Examples

   • She goes for a daily walk after dinner.
   • Daily life here is quiet and simple.
   ≈circadianly≈diurnally
2. adjective

   Happening during the day, as part of the day and night cycle.

   Examples

   • The daily cycle of light and dark guides most animal behavior.
   • Plants respond to the daily rhythm of sunrise and sunset.
   ≠nightly≠at night
3. noun

   Something that you do or use every day.

   Examples

   • Reading the paper is part of his daily.
   • Coffee is a daily she never skips.
4. noun

   A newspaper that is published every day.

   Examples

   • She reads the local daily every morning.
   • The daily ran a front-page story on the election.
   ≈daily paper
5. noun

   In British use, a cleaner who comes to a home every day.

   Examples

   • The daily tidied the office before everyone arrived.
   • They hired a daily to keep the house in order.
   ≈daily help≈daily maid
6. noun

   A contact lens that you throw away after one day.

   Examples

   • She switched to dailies instead of monthly contact lenses.
   • Dailies are easy to use but cost more over time.
7. noun

   In online games, a task you can repeat every day for rewards.

   Examples

   • He logs in each morning just to finish his dailies.
   • Completing the daily gives extra experience points.
8. noun

   A car that you drive every day.

   Examples

   • His old pickup truck is his daily.
   • She kept the sports car for weekends and used a small sedan as her daily.
9. noun

   Film footage shot that day, which the crew watches the next day.

   Examples

   • The director watched the dailies before deciding on new shots.
   • Editors screened the dailies each morning during filming.
10. verb

    In informal speech, to drive a car every day for normal trips.

    Examples

    • He dailies an old hatchback to save on gas.
    • She dailies a small electric car around the city.