day to day
Ordinary and ongoing
Day to day describes the ordinary, ongoing aspects of life or work—the routine rather than the exceptional.
The day-to-day operations run smoothly.
It can also mean from one day to the next, with an implication of uncertainty or taking things as they come: We're living day to day until the test results arrive.
Often hyphenated when used as an adjective before a noun.
- everydayOccurring each day
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- habitualDone by routine
same old same old · meals · bread and butter · quotidian · typical · commute · running errands · grocery shopping · morning coffee · average · minutiae · creature comforts · clockwork · existence · life goes on · budgeting · paying bills · customary
day to daylong-term
Lasting extended period
long-range · in the long run · over time · generational · lifetime
day to daystrategic
Deliberately planned for advantage
big-picture · visionary · long-term planning · overarching · high-level
day to dayonce in a lifetime
Occurring only one time
extraordinary · exceptional · momentous · life-changing · watershed
day, daily, today, days, yesterday, daytime, today's, day by day