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evenings
eve·nings
/ˈiːvnɪŋz/
adverb
What it means
- datedinformalnot comparableIn 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.
1846 [1845], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office
In a sentence
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.
1846 [1845], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office
Where it comes from
From evening + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare with Dutch avonds, Low German avends, German abends.
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