- Why “daily” and not “dayly”? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
daily (adj ) Old English dæglic (see day) This form is known from compounds: twadæglic “happening once in two days,” þreodæglic “happening once in three days;” the more usual Old English word was dæghwamlic, also dægehwelc Cognate with German täglich
- What is the meaning of the phrase “The morning constitutional”?
What exactly is the meaning of the phrase “The morning constitutional”? Is it an early morning walk or the first visit to the bathroom during the day? What is the origin of this phrase? What is th
- adjectives - bi-daily, bidaily or twice-daily? - English Language . . .
Twice-daily is probably the best choice since it is unambiguous and commonly used Using either bidaily or bi-daily risks the reader getting muddled between "twice a day" and "every other day"
- vocabulary - Word to describe everyday things - English Language . . .
Is there any one word which can describe everyday things? By this, I mean things we commonly regard as things most people do every day, like taking a shower, brushing your teeth, getting dressed,
- word choice - What is the collective term for Daily, Weekly . . .
What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly" and "Yearly"? Ask Question Asked 9 years, 6 months ago Modified 8 years, 2 months ago
- recurring events - A word for every two days - English Language . . .
Is there an adjective that means "every two days", i e is to a day as biennial is to a year?
- single word requests - each day → daily; every other day → . . .
Is there an adjective that means "every other day"? I found "bidaily" but it seems to mean "twice a day", not "every second day" (not even both as "biweekly" does) I'd need this word to very conc
- meaning - Is there a word that means near-daily? - English Language . . .
I don't know of a word that means "near-daily" or "most days" Besides those terms, consider "almost-daily", "at most daily", and "daily (as needed)" If the task is always performed at the same time of day, you might refer to "the X task (as needed)" where X is, for example, dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, evening, or a specific time Usually and related words lead to phrasings such as
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