dailyadverb, adjective
uk/ˈdeɪ.li/us/ˈdeɪ.li/A2 happening on or relating to every day:
Take the tablets twice daily.
Exercise has become part of my daily routine.
We back up our computer files at work on a daily basis.
She's looking forward to retiring and ending the daily grind (= hard, boring work or duty) of working in an office.
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- The museum is open daily except Mondays.
- The restaurant flies its fish in daily from Scotland.
- Britain is one of the few countries where milk is delivered daily to the doorstep by milkmen.
- He commutes daily between Leeds and Manchester.
- The post comes twice daily .
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Relating to regular periods of time
- -ly
- afternoons
- annual
- annum
- bi
- biannual
- biennial
- evenings
- fortnight
- half-hourly
- hourly
- monthly
- nights
- pa
- pcm
- per annum
- per calendar month
- pw
- quarterly
- season
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dailynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdeɪ.li/us/ˈdeɪ.li/UK old-fashioned informala person who is employed to clean someone else's home
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who clean & tidy places & things
- chambermaid
- char
- charlady
- charwoman
- chimney sweep
- cleaner
- dishwasher
- domestic
- home help
- housekeeper
- sweep
- sweeper
- valet