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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