adv. [ Pref. a- (for on) + day; the final
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 ]
adv. At that time; then; in those days; -- correlative to nowadays. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]