Meaning & use

everyday

adjective·Everyday

Happening or used daily; ordinary and not special or unusual.

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Cooking dinner and doing laundry are everyday tasks that most adults share.

He wore his everyday clothes to the casual office party instead of a suit.

A note on using this word

Everyday is one word before a noun (everyday tasks); every day is two words as an adverbial phrase (I run every day).

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