nowadays

UK/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/US/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/

adverbB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,042 of 15,258neutral

Nowadays means in the present time, as opposed to how it used to be. The comparison with the past is built in.

That is what makes it different from now, since nowadays always implies a contrast, which is why it appears constantly in sentences beginning with people. It sits at the start or the end of a clause. The word is a single word and slightly informal. These days does exactly the same job and sounds a little less like the beginning of a complaint.

Definitions of nowadays

1adverbnowadaysAt the present time, in contrast to the past.B2
“Nowadays almost nobody carries cash.”

Where it comes from

From now + adays.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Time & Calendar, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 1 of A Man Called Ove.

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nowadays in the wild

The Sieur de la Poippe was the Governor of Plaisance (nowadays Placentia) in the French colony of Newfoundland from 1670 to 1684.
Sieur de la Poippe
A tsarouchi is a type of shoe, which is typically known nowadays as part of the traditional uniform worn by the Evzones of the Greek Presidential Guard.
Tsarouchi
The tenth-century Burg Rittersdorf (Rittersdorf Castle) in Rittersdorf nowadays houses a restaurant and a small museum.
Rittersdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate
Tavertet is nowadays a tourist-oriented town with many holiday homes, where Raimon Panikkar lived.
Tavertet
Only a few buildings and park survived until nowadays.
Kairėnai Manor

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