Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nowadays"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nowadays
n : 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}]
adv : 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"
[syn: {now}, {today}]
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