nowadays

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
nowadays
    adv 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" [syn:
           {nowadays}, {now}, {today}]
    n 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}, {nowadays}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nowadays \Now"a*days`\ (nou"[.a]*d[=a]z`), adv. [For now on (OE.
   an) days. See {A-}, 1.]
   In these days; at the present time.
   [1913 Webster]

         What men of spirit, nowadays,
         Come to give sober judgment of new plays? --Garrick.
   [1913 Webster] Noways
   Noway
    

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