a. [ AS. dæglīc; dæg day + -līc like. See Day. ] Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin. [ 1913 Webster ] Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |