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everyday
What does everyday mean?
everyday (adjective): appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use everyday in a sentence?
- Eat flaxseed everyday. (Tatoeba sentence #6925666 by Eccles17, CC BY 2.0 FR)
Where does everyday come from?
From Middle English everidayes, every daies, every dayes (“everyday, daily, continual, constant”, adjective, literally “every day's”), equivalent to every + day.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “everyday” mean?
located directly across from something else, or from each other
Not quite: that's what opposite means.
appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions
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extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc
Not quite: that's what enormous means.
greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest
Not quite: that's what major means.
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