Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By day; in the daytime.
- On or in the day or time: only in the compound phrase nowadays (which see).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete By day, or every day; in the daytime.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete In the
daytime .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now adays they started making all the jeans for super skinny men.
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All Answers from troutslayer wrote 30 weeks 1 day ago here is my opinion on these kinds of things, obviously bows no adays are alot faster and quiter, but 25 years ago they didn't have the technology we have now, but they still killed elk and deer back then so there is no reason why you can't still do it now.
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The administrations have been so frightened right divided adays. come upon relatives would we verbalise up to these people.
No broadcasts from Section 1 finals | Varsity Insider admin 2009
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The administrations have been so frightened right divided adays. come upon relatives would we verbalise up to these people.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Now adays i feel that firefox feels a little bloated for my liking but bookmark synchronization is a must have feature, you are browsing a alot on different machines be it Windows or OSX.
Google Chrome Extensions Put Gmail, Other Notifiers In Status Bar | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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CindyLynn 2:17 pm: Not at all, because now adays even people published with the big guys need to do their own work.
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Most animated movies now adays are made in 3D, but they fixed it
Disney and Pixar's Full Animated Line-Up Through 2012! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Schools now adays are run by predominately by women and more often then not women without their own children.
Little Boys Being "Feminized"? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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One may well ask such questions, but answers ... who can find good answers now adays?
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America used to be the home of the brave land of the free, no adays things are soo tuff that everyone is committing senseless violence for 10$.
Jay Leno To Return to The Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien Out | /Film 2010
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