Associations to the word «Nowadays»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
NOWADAYS, adverb. At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]
Dictionary definition
NOWADAYS, noun. 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".
NOWADAYS, adverb. 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.