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adverb
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at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
noun
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the present: The kitchens of nowadays are much more efficient than when I was a boy.
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Nowadays
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Example Sentences
- Such devices, called thermocouples, are nowadays usually made using semiconductors.
- Nowadays that is becoming a more popular trend, and there are ever fewer set standards for mentoring as there is for teaching.
- Jobs for smart misanthropes are harder to come by nowadays.
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Word Origin & History
nowadays
late 15c., contracted from M.E. nou A dayes (mid-14c.), from now + adayes "during the day," with adverbial genitive.
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