Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Daily \Dai"ly\, adv.
   Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.

Daily \Dai"ly\ (d[=a]"l[y^]), a. [AS. d[ae]gl[=i]c; d[ae]g day +
   -l[=i]c like. See {Day}.]
   Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as,
   daily labor; a daily bulletin.

         Give us this day our daily bread.        --Matt. vi.
                                                  11.

         Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream
         was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   Syn: {Daily}, {Diurnal}.

   Usage: 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.

                Man hath his daily work of body or mind
                Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the
                regard of Heaven on all his ways. --Milton.

                Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound
                Within the visible diurnal sphere. --Milton.

Daily \Dai"ly\, n.; pl. {Dailies}.
   A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the
   morning dailies.

Source : WordNet®

daily
     adj 1: occurring or done each day; "a daily record"; "day-by-day
            labors of thousands of men and women"- H.S.Truman;
            "her day-after-day behavior"; "an every day
            occurrence" [syn: {day-to-day}, {day-after-day}, {every
            day}]
     2: measured by the day or happening every day; "a daily
        newspaper"; "daily chores"; "average daily wage"; "daily
        quota"

daily
     n : a newspaper that is published every day
     adv 1: without missing a day; "he stops by daily" [syn: {every day},
             {each day}]
     2: gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by
        day" [syn: {day by day}]