afternoons

[af-ter-noonz, ahf-]

adverb

1. in or during any or every afternoon.

   He slept late and worked afternoons.

afternoons

/ ˌɑːftəˈnuːnz /

adverb

1. informal,  during the afternoon, esp regularly

Word History and Origins

Origin of afternoons¹

1895–1900, afternoon + -s 1

Example Sentences

I’ve spent spring afternoons, summer weekends, winter nights and fall days wandering around, dining at restaurants that blew me away, and, of course, people watching.

From Salon

That show ran from November 2002 until this past May and was paired with “PTI” on weekday afternoons, with “Horn” at 2 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve stood over sheet pans on Sunday afternoons, roasting broccoli until the kitchen smelled faintly of sulfur, portioning out tidy mounds of chicken and rice into identical little plastic containers.

From Salon

In a quiet, leafy suburb of Toronto, a 30-year-old Afghan woman spends most afternoons on the phone, hoping she can reach her two younger siblings and father.

From BBC

They have become as much a part of Lake Tahoe lore as lazy afternoons by the water or starlit evenings under mountain peaks.

From Los Angeles Times