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   Daily (dāˈly̆), a. [AS. dæglīc; dæg day + -līc 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
   
   Appointed, which declares his dignity,
   
   And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. Milton.
   
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   Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound
   
   Within the visible diurnal sphere. Milton.
   
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   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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