
Why “daily” and not “dayly”? - English Language & Usage Stack ...
Apr 16, 2014 · 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 …
adjectives - bi-daily, bidaily or twice-daily? - English Language ...
Nov 2, 2016 · 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" …
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 …
single word requests - "each day" → "daily"; "every other day" → ...
Feb 24, 2013 · 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 …
meaning - Is there a word that means near-daily? - English …
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 …
recurring events - A word for "every two days" - English Language ...
Aug 23, 2014 · Is there an adjective that means "every two days", i.e. is to a day as biennial is to a year?
single word requests - Weekly, Daily, Hourly --- Minutely.
Sep 16, 2010 · "Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller …
word choice - What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly ...
May 20, 2016 · What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly" and "Yearly"? Ask Question Asked 9 years, 5 months ago Modified 8 years, 2 months ago
word choice - Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, once (?) - English ...
Apr 28, 2015 · I have this list of choices: Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, once The last one "once" is used to indicate thing that occurs only one time. I wanted to keep up with pattern of the first …
vocabulary - Word to describe "everyday things" - English …
May 16, 2011 · 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 …