different between daily vs quarterly

English

Alternative forms

• dayly (archaic)

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?li, IPA^(key): /?de?li/
• Rhymes: -e?li

Etymology 1

From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæ?l??, from Proto-Germanic *dagal?kaz (“daily”), equivalent to day +? -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).

Adjective

daily (not comparable)

1. That occurs every day, or at least every working day
   • 1831, Thomas Babington Macaulay, John Bunyan

     Bunyan has told us […] that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands.
2. diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly

Synonyms

• journal (obsolete)
• quotidian

Derived terms

• daily bread
• daily double

Translations

Noun

daily (plural dailies)

1. Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
   1. A newspaper that is published every day.
   2. (Britain) A cleaner who comes in daily.
   3. (Britain, slang) A daily disposable.
   4. (video games) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
   5. (US, automotive, colloquial) A daily driver.

Synonyms

• (cleaner who comes daily): daily help, daily maid (woman only)
• (newspaper published every day): daily paper

Translations

Verb

daily

1. (US, automotive, colloquial) To drive an automobile frequently, on a daily basis, for regular and mundane tasks.

Etymology 2

From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæ?l??e (found only as dæ?hw?ml??e), equivalent to day +? -ly.

Adverb

daily (not comparable)

1. quotidianly, every day
2. diurnally, by daylight

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See also

• annual
• everyday
• hebdomadal
• monthly
• nightly
• quotidian
• weekly
• yearly

Anagrams

• Lydia, lydia, ylaid

English

Etymology

quarter +? -ly

Adjective

quarterly (not comparable)

1. Occurring once every quarter year (three months).

   quarterly rent payments

2. (heraldry) (of a coat of arms) Divided into four parts crosswise.

   The arms of Hohenzollern is quarterly argent and sable.

Translations

Adverb

quarterly (not comparable)

1. Once every quarter year (three months).

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Noun

quarterly (plural quarterlies)

1. A periodical publication that appears four times per year.

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