EVERYDAY


Meaning of EVERYDAY in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.