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daily

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daily /ˈdeɪli /
▸ adjective done, produced, or occurring every day or every weekday:
a daily newspaper.
▪ relating to the period of a single day:
boats can be hired for a daily rate.
▸ adverb every day:
the museum is open daily.
▸ noun
(plural dailies)
1 informal a newspaper published every day except Sunday:
the trial was reported in all the popular dailies.
2 British English informal, dated (also daily help) a woman who is employed to clean someone else's house each day.
3 (dailies) informal the first prints from cinematographic takes; the rushes:
as a co-producer he has to view the dailies.
– PHRASES
daily life /ˌdeɪli ˈlʌɪf /
the activities and experiences that constitute a person's normal existence:
the routines of my daily life.
on the daily US English informal
on a daily basis; every day:
she amazed us on the daily.
– ORIGIN Old English dæglic: from day + -ly1, -ly2.