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Added 9 October 2026

everyday

/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ adjective

In Latin: cotidianus Wiktionary

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Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
Commonplace, ordinary.
Present or recurring every day.

adverb

Misspelling of every day (compare everywhere, everyway, etc.).

noun

Literally every day in succession, or every day but Sunday. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
The ordinary or routine day or occasion.
Putting away the tableware for everyday, a chore which is part of the everyday.

Origin

From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day.

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