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everyday
English
Etymology
From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every +? day.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??v?i?de?/
Adjective
everyday (not comparable)
- appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions
- 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
- When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway.
- 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
- commonplace, ordinary
- 2010, Malcolm Knox, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 42:
- Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.
- 2010, Malcolm Knox, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 42:
Synonyms
- mundane
- quotidian
- routine
- unremarkable
- workaday
Translations
Adverb
everyday
- Misspelling of every day. (compare everywhere, everyway, etc.).
Usage notes
When describing the frequency of an action denoted by a verb, it is considered correct to separate the individual words: every hour, every day, every week, etc.
Noun
everyday (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Literally every day in succession, or every day but Sunday. [14th–19th c.]
- (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion
- Putting away the tableware for everyday, a chore which is part of the everyday.
References
- James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Everyday”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 345, column 1.
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slangy
English
Etymology
slang +? -y
Adjective
slangy (comparative slangier, superlative slangiest)
- Including or given to slang.
Synonyms
- slangular (archaic)
Derived terms
- nonslangy
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