[ adj ] found in the ordinary course of events <adj.all> a placid everyday sceneit was a routine day there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
Quotidian \Quo*tid"i*an\ (kw[-o]*t[i^]d"[i^]*an), a. [OE. cotidian, L. quotidianus, fr. quotidie daily; quotus how many + dies day: cf. OF. cotidien, F. quotidien. See {Quota}, {Deity}.] Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.
Quotidian \Quo*tid"i*an\ (kw[-o]*t[i^]d"[i^]*an), n. Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. --Milton.