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nowadays

Letters that make nowadays

s, a, o, d, n, w, y are letters that make 'nowadays'

Words within nowadays

ad, wad, DA, Day, day, WA, ADA, AD, no, now, No, days are words within 'nowadays'

nowadays is an 8 letter word starting with n
nowadays is an 8 letter word ending with s

2 possible definitions for 'nowadays'

Nowadays as "the period of time that is happening now, any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech"

Under this definition, nowadays is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

present has the same meaning as nowadays

nowadays as a type

'nowadays' can be a type of time.

Types of nowadays

here and now, present moment, time being, nonce, moment, date, now, today, tonight are types of 'nowadays'.

Derivatives of nowadays

present(a) is a derivative of nowadays.

Nowadays as "in these times"

Under this definition, nowadays is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

now, today have the same meaning as 'nowadays'

Example of nowadays used within this context

"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"