nowadays
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now·a·days 
[nou-uh-deyz] Pronunciation Key
[nou-uh-deyz] Pronunciation Key –adverb
–noun
| 1. | at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays. |
| 2. | the present: The kitchens of nowadays are much more efficient than when I was a boy. |
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| now·a·days
(nou'ə-dāz') Pronunciation Key
adv. During the present time; now. [Middle English nouadaies : nou, now; see now + a (variant of on, on; see on) + daies, genitive of dai, day; see day.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nowadays
nowadays
1474, contracted from M.E. nou A dayes (1362), from now + adayes "during the day," with adverbial gen.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| nowadays | |
adverb | |
| 1. | in these times; "it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today almost every home has television" |
noun | |
| 1. | the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow" [syn: present] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Nowadays
Now"a*days`\, adv. [For now on (OE. an) days. See A-, 1.] In these days; at the present time. What men of spirit, nowadays, Come to give sober judgment of new plays ? --Garrick.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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