quotidian.

1. Happening every day or belonging to daily life.

2. Ordinary and unremarkable rather than unusual or extraordinary.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• quotidian routine
• quotidian tasks

On the page

The diary preserves the quotidian routines that official histories leave out.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: daily sense normally non-gradable; commonplace sense may take more quotidian or most quotidian. Writing functions: description, contrast, interpretation. Commonness: uncommon. Daily occurrence and evaluative ordinariness separated.