Daily (dāl&ybreve_;), 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, adv. Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.
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