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   Daily , 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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