Definition of "everyday" in English

adjective

1. Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.

   • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar, When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway.

2. Commonplace, ordinary.

   • Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.

3. (literally) Present or recurring every day.

4. (rare) Commonplace or ordinary during daytime.

adverb

1. Misspelling of every day (compare everywhere, everyway, etc.).

noun

1. (obsolete) Literally every day in succession, or every day but Sunday. [14th–19th c.]

2. (rare) The ordinary or routine day or occasion.

   • Putting away the tableware for everyday, a chore which is part of the everyday.