everyday

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.

   • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar, When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway.
2. 2

   Commonplace, ordinary.

   • Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.
   • By 2025, of course, Trump and Miller were back in the White House, pursuing a campaign promise to “remigrate” millions of everyday people out of America.
3. 3

   Present or recurring every day.

   • “What kind of place do you live in! Every time we turn around, somebody else is getting killed!” / “Believe me, it’s not an everyday occurrence.” An everyweek occurrence lately, however.
   • It’s not an everyday, or even an everyweek, event, but nowadays you can sometimes see young couples kissing goodbye at street corners and train stations.
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   1. 4

      Commonplace or ordinary during daytime.

      • This was an everyday and everynight scene a couple of decades ago.
      • The locus of emancipatory hopes shifts from everyday to everynight life.
   2. 5

      Misspelling of every day (compare everywhere, everyway, etc.).

   3. 6

      Literally every day in succession, or every day but Sunday.

   4. 7

      The ordinary or routine day or occasion.

      • Putting away the tableware for everyday, a chore which is part of the everyday.

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