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everyday.

Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/
  1. Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.

    not-comparable
  2. Commonplace, ordinary.

    not-comparable
  3. Present or recurring every day.

    literally · not-comparable
  4. Commonplace or ordinary during daytime.

    not-comparable · rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day.

noun/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/
  1. Literally every day in succession, or every day but Sunday.

    obsolete · uncountable
  2. The ordinary or routine day or occasion.

    rare · uncountable
    Putting away the tableware for everyday, a chore which is part of the everyday.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day.

adv/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/
  1. Misspelling of every day (compare everywhere, everyway, etc.).

    alt-of · misspelling
Where this word comes from

From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day.

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