daily

adj
/ˈdeɪli/

Etymology

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

  1. inherited from *dagalīkaz — “daily
  2. inherited from *dagalīk
  3. inherited from dæġlīċ
  4. inherited from dayly

Definitions

  1. That occurs or attends every day, or at least every working day.

    • Near-synonyms: circadianly, diurnally
    • daily life
    • on a daily basis
  2. Diurnal

    Diurnal: by daylight.

  3. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.

    2. To use, especially of a computer or operating system, for everyday tasks.

    3. quotidianly, every day

    4. diurnally, by daylight

    5. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at daily. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at daily. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at daily

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA