Daily means happening every day, or relating to a single day. When you brush your teeth daily, you do it once each day. A daily newspaper arrives every morning with fresh news. Your daily routine might include breakfast, school, homework, and dinner.

When something occurs daily, it happens with the regular rhythm of the sun rising and setting.

People also use daily as a noun to describe a newspaper published every day, though this usage is becoming less common as more people read news online. You might hear someone say “I read the daily,” meaning their local newspaper.

Daily implies consistency and regularity. A daily practice, like reading for twenty minutes or doing math problems, builds skills through steady repetition. Scientists talk about our daily lives to mean the ordinary, everyday things we do. The phrase daily grind refers to the repetitive work or routine of regular life, not always in a negative way, just acknowledging that some things need doing every single day whether we feel like it or not.