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daily (d<amac/"l<ycr/), a. [AS. dglc; dg day + -lc like. See Day.] Happening, or belonging to,
| daily | (d<amac/"l<ycr/), a. [AS. dglc; dg day + -lc 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. 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 |
| daily | , n.; pl. Dailies (/).
A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.
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| daily | , adv.
Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
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