English pronunciation · Words Starting with D
Daily Pronunciation
Daily is pronounced DAY-lee, IPA /ˈdeɪli/.
DAY-lee
US /ˈdeɪli/ · UK /ˈdeɪli/
Syllables: DAY · lee (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
adjective, adverb, and noun: Happening every day, or a newspaper published every day.
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Daily in a Sentence
- Take one tablet daily with food.
- The daily commute wears him down.
- She reads a daily paper over breakfast.
Common Mispronunciations of Daily
Not DA-lee
The first vowel is the long ay of day, since the word is day plus ly. A short a gives you the artist's name Dali.
Not day-LEE
The -ly ending never takes a beat in English. It trails off quietly after the stressed part.
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