[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

nowadays \now"adays`\ nou".ad=az`, 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
see also:
a- 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

nowadays
     n : 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
     adv : 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: now, today
see also:
present now today 

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