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English Dictionary: Daily by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
daily
adv
  1. every day; without missing a day; "he stops by daily"
  2. gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by day"
    Synonym(s): day by day, daily
adj
  1. of or belonging to or occurring every day; "daily routine"; "a daily paper"
    Synonym(s): daily, day-to-day, day-by-day, day-after-day
  2. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"
    Synonym(s): casual, everyday, daily
n
  1. a newspaper that is published every day
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Daily \Dai"ly\ (d[amac]"l[ycr]), a. [AS. d[91]gl[c6]c; d[91]g
      day + -l[c6]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Daily \Dai"ly\, adv.
      Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
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