everyday

(ĕv'rē-dā')
adj.

1. Appropriate for ordinary days or routine occasions: a suit for everyday wear.
2. Commonplace; ordinary: everyday worries.

n.
The ordinary or routine day or occasion: "It was not an isolated, violent episode. It had become part of the everyday" (Sherry Turkle).

everydayness eve'ry·day'ness n.

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is written as one word when it is used as an adjective in attributive position (before a noun): They were wearing everyday clothes. As an adverbial phrase, every day is written as two words: He meets her nearly every day.

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adjective

1. Of or suitable for ordinary days or routine occasions: quotidian, workaday, workday. See good/bad, usual/unusual.
2. Occurring quite often: common, familiar, frequent, regular, routine, widespread. See usual/unusual.

adj

Definition: common
Antonyms: abnormal, different, exceptional, special, uncommon, unexpected, unfamiliar, unusual

IN BRIEF: adj. - Commonplace and ordinary; Suited for daily use; Found in the ordinary course of events.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. — Berthold Auerbach

Tutor's tip: She went to school "every day" (each separate day) in her "everyday" (daily; ordinary) clothes.

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sign description: The thumb of the A-handshape strokes forward on the cheek repeatedly.

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For a list of words related to everyday, see:

• Ordinary, Dull, Plain, or Banal

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See words rhyming with "everyday."

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - daglig, dagligdags, hverdagsagtig, kedsommelig
n. - hverdag, dagligdag

Nederlands (Dutch)
alledaags, dagelijks

Français (French)
adj. - quotidien, de tous les jours, banal, ordinaire, commun
n. - routine, quotidien

Deutsch (German)
adj. - alltäglich
n. - Alltags-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - καθημερινός, συνηθισμένος, κοινός

Italiano (Italian)
quotidiano, ordinario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - habitual, cotidiano

Русский (Russian)
повседневный, обыкновенный, бытовой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - diario, de todos los días, cotidiano, rutinario, corriente
n. - diario, de todos los días, cotidiano, rutinario, corriente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - daglig, vardags-, alldaglig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
每天的, 平常的, 日常的, 每天

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 每天的, 平常的, 日常的
n. - 每天

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 나날의, 평상시의
n. - 매일

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 毎日の, 日常の, 平常の, ありふれた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يومي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יומיומי, רגיל‬
n. - ‮שיגרה יומית‬

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