every day

See also: every-day and everyday

English

Etymology

From Middle English every day.

Adverb

every day (not comparable)

1. As frequently as every day; daily.
2. Very frequently.

   It's not every day you see that kind of thing.

Derived terms

• it's not every day
• you learn something new every day

Related terms

• every day is a school day
• every day of the week
• every day of the week and twice on Sunday

Translations

daily — see daily

Adjective

every day (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of everyday.
   • 1656, Will[iam] Gurnall, “The third kinde of spiritual pride, viz. pride of Priviledges”, in The Christian in Compleat Armour. Or, A Treatise of the Saints War against the Devil, […], 2nd edition, 1st part, London: […] Ralph Smith, […], →OCLC, section III, page 303:

     The Comforter (’tis true) abides for ever in the Saints boſome, but his joys, they come and are gone again quickly. They are as exceedings, with which he feaſts the believer, but the cloth is ſoon drawn, and why ſo, but becauſe we cannot bear them for our every day food?

   • 1790 (date written), G[otthold] E[phraim] Lessing, translated by [William Taylor], Nathan the Wise, a Dramatic Poem, […], Norwich, Norfolk: […] Stevenson and Matchett, […] R. Philips, […], published 1805, →OCLC, page 20:

     Well, and altho’ it sounds quite natural, an every day event, a simple story, that you was by a real templar sav’d, is it the less a miracle?

   • 1797, Thomas Gisborne, “On the Duties of Matrimonial Life”, in An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex, London: […] T[homas] Cadell jun. and W[illiam] Davies […], →OCLC, page 258:

     It [discretion] is to the mind what the every day clothing is to the body, requiſite under every viciſſitude to health, and propriety, and comfort.