nowadays (
http://definr.com/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]