Dai"ly (dā"l&ybreve;), a. [AS.
dæglīc; dæg day + -līc
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. 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.
Dai"ly, n.; pl.
Dailies (&?;). A publication which appears
regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.
Dai"ly, adv. Every day; day by
day; as, a thing happens daily.
