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1. WordNet® 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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Daily \Dai"ly\, n.; pl. Dailies.
   A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the
   morning dailies.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Daily \Dai"ly\, adv.
   Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
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4. 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.
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         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.
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                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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Thesaurus Results for Daily:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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