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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Daily \Dai"ly\, noun; pl. {Dailies}. A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Daily \Dai"ly\, adverb Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Daily \Dai"ly\ (d[=a]"l[y^]), adjective [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
daily
adjective
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 every day occurrence" [syn: {day-to-day}, {day-after-day}, {every day}]
2: measured by the day or happening every day; "a daily newspaper"; "daily chores"; "average daily wage"; "daily quota"
noun: a newspaper that is published every day
adverb
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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