daily

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a newspaper that is published every day
  2. adjective of or belonging to or occurring every day
  3. adjective appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

Etymology

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *dagalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

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