Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Appropriate for ordinary days or routine occasions.
- adjective Commonplace; ordinary.
- noun The ordinary or routine day or occasion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to daily or common life or occasions; used or occurring habitually; suitable for or that may be seen every day; common; usual; as, every-day clothing or employments; an every-day event or scene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Used or fit for every day; common; usual.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
appropriate forordinary use, rather than forspecial occasions - adjective
commonplace ,ordinary - adverb Common misspelling of
every day . - noun rare the ordinary or
routine day or occasion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective found in the ordinary course of events
- adjective commonplace and ordinary
- adjective appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
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Examples
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He changed his name everyday, which did not bother her much.
Traveling Companion Meg Pokrass 2011
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Some are what we call everyday heroes -- everyday superheroes -- regular citizens thrust into moments of great valor.
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Some are what we call everyday heroes -- everyday superheroes -- regular citizens thrust into moments of great valor.
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Some are what we call everyday heroes -- everyday superheroes -- regular citizens thrust into moments of great valor.
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Some are what we call everyday heroes -- everyday superheroes -- regular citizens thrust into moments of great valor.
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Some are what we call everyday heroes -- everyday superheroes -- regular citizens thrust into moments of great valor.
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Useful and what we call everyday knowledge had the most of his just praise.
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson Hester Lynch Piozzi 1781
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"Merely encouraging consumers to eat its products 'everyday' is mere puffery, at most, in the absence of a claim that to do so will result in a specific effect on health," he said.
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Petty interference in everyday life like the laws against smoking in bars or the mandate to buy low-flow toilets seems to be increasing in some areas.
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For certain everyday situations, like simple contracts, the law is quite understandable by laypeople.
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