I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ sometimes | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: every day
1.
a. : used or occurring routinely or typically
the community … was once entirely Gaelic speaking and still retains the lilt of it in everyday speech — Current Biography
the class provides training for meeting and solving everyday problems
the needs of the everyday movie audience — H.G.Weinberg
b. of clothes : suitable or designed for wear on ordinary days as contrasted with those worn on holidays or special occasions
2. : lacking in unusual or distinctive quality or incident : plain , unvarnished , homely , ordinary , commonplace , drab
his characters speak a plain everyday speech, free of literary bombast or rhetoric
wrote of everyday people who grew out of the soil, not about exceptional individuals — Willa Cather
feels deeply for such everyday characters as scrubwomen — Wolcott Gibbs
their life is ordinary and their story is everyday — Katharine Scherman
II. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun
: the typical, routine, or ordinary day : ordinary existence or routine
I wore this dress — I wear it for everyday — Eudora Welty
the trite and feeble language of everyday — C.S.Kilby