time of day

plural times of day

1. The time according to the clock.

   Synonyms: time, clock time, o'clock

2. A loosely specified period of time, minutes or hours in duration, especially daytime, or point in time.

   She would fold laundry at this time of day.

   2 more examples

   "At what time of day and year are the winds strongest?" / "Winter mornings, I think, or maybe at day’s end."

   I love that time of day. The light is magical.

   Synonyms: time, hour

3. The greeting appropriate to the time of day.

   to give/bid someone the time of day

   to acknowledge, greet

4. dateddialectalinformalera: time; day.

   that's how it was in that time of day [ = at that time, back in that day]

   Synonyms: loosely specified period of time

5. archaicThe right thing; the ticket; that which is needed.

   ‘Never mind me, Sir,’ replied Sam. ‘Lend him a hand, Mr. Winkle, sir. Steady, sir, steady! That’s the time o’ day!’

   1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC