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evenings

adverbnounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈiːvnɪŋz//

In the evening, during the evening.

adverb

  1. 1

    datedIn the evening, during the evening.

    He had ordered her not to go out evenings, and warned her that she must never let him catch her in company with a young man, who was paying attention to her belonging to Colonel Lloyd.

Etymology

From evening + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare with Dutch avonds, Low German avends, German abends.

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of eveningplural of evening

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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