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EVERYDAY

Pronunciation (US):

• EVERYDAY (adjective)
The adjective EVERYDAY has 3 senses:

1. found in the ordinary course of events
2. suited for everyday use
3. commonplace and ordinary

Familiarity information: EVERYDAY used as an adjective is uncommon.

• EVERYDAY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Found in the ordinary course of events

Synonyms:

everyday; mundane; quotidian; unremarkable; workaday; routine

Context examples:

a placid everyday scene / it was a routine day / there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute

Similar:

ordinary (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Suited for everyday use

Synonyms:

everyday; casual

Context examples:

casual clothes / everyday clothes

Similar:

informal (not formal)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Commonplace and ordinary

Context example:

the familiar everyday world

Similar:

familiar (within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange)

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(Corsican proverb)

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