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

  Nowadays \Now"a*days`\ (nou"[.a]*d[=a]z`), 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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

















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