— dailiness , n.
/day"lee/ , adj., n., pl. dailies , adv.
adj.
1. of, done, occurring, or issued each day or each weekday: daily attendance; a daily newspaper.
2. computed or measured by the day: daily quota; a daily wage.
n.
3. a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
4. dailies , Motion Pictures. a series of hastily printed shots from the previous day's shooting, selected by the director to be viewed for possible inclusion in the final version of the film; rushes.
5. Brit.
a. a nonresident servant who comes to work every day; a permanently employed servant who sleeps out.
b. a person employed to do cleaning or other household work by the day.
adv.
6. every day; day by day: She phoned the hospital daily.
[ bef. 1000; late ME; OE daeglic. See DAY, -LY ]