Daily \Dai"ly\ (d[=a]"l[y^]), a. [AS. d[ae]gl[=i]c; d[ae]g day +
-l[=i]c like. See Day.]
Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as,
daily labor; a daily bulletin.
Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi.
11.
Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream
was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.
--Macaulay.
Syn: Daily, Diurnal.
Usage: 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.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the
regard of Heaven on all his ways. --Milton.
Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound
Within the visible diurnal sphere. --Milton.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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