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nowadays
[ nou-uh-deyz ]
/ ˈnaʊ əˌdeɪz /
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adverb
at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
noun
the present: The kitchens of nowadays are much more efficient than when I was a boy.
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Novotný, Novum Organum, novus ordo seclorum, now, NOW account, nowadays, now and again, noway, nowel, nowhence, nowhere
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British Dictionary definitions for nowadays
nowadays
/ (ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz) /
adverb
in these times
Word Origin for nowadays
C14: from now + adays from Old English a on + dæges genitive of day
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