everyday
/ˈɛvrɪdeɪ
/ /ɛvrɪˈdeɪ/adjective [attributive]
1Happening or used every day; daily: everyday chores like shopping and housework...
- It helps your eyes blink, pushes you off the chair, allows you to run and do your everyday chores.
- She was unable to carry out the simplest everyday chores and had had to abandon her previous job as a food hawker.
- How many times does something happen in everyday life that seems like a terrible tragedy?
Synonyms
daily, day-to-day, quotidian
rare diurnal, circadian
1.1Commonplace: everyday drugs like aspirin...
- The everyday familiarity of chicken makes the threat seem all the more plausible.
- Now most of the guys he fought were just plain, everyday working men, mind you.
- Nickel and iron are important elements used in a variety of everyday materials.
Synonyms
commonplace, ordinary, common, usual, regular, familiar, conventional, run-of-the-mill, typical, standard, stock, plain, workaday;
household, domestic, family;
unexceptional, unremarkable;
British common or garden;
North American garden variety
informal bog-standard, a dime a dozen
adverb (every day)
Each day; daily: I get up at six every day...
- I like the round up show they do every day.
- The girls had to wear the same dress every day.
- I read the phrase in the newspaper nearly every day.
Usage
The adjective everyday, meaning ‘happening or used every day’ or ‘commonplace’ (everyday chores), is written as one word, whereas the adverb meaning ‘each day, daily’ (I get up at six every day) is written as two.