to-day

adverb

Dated spelling of today.

Meanings

adverbto‐day (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDated spelling of today.

    Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day!

    1865 November (indicated as 1866), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “The Pool of Tears”, in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 19
    1 more example

    Government are inviting tenders for the maintaince of a new ferry service between Hongkong, Hunghom, Kowloon City and Sai Wan Ho, according to the Gazette issued to-day.

    1933 September 23, “NEW FERRY SERVICE”, in The Hongkong Telegraph, number 14107, →OCLC, page 1, column 4
nounto‐day (plural to-days)

plural to-days

  1. Dated spelling of today.
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APA

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“to-day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to-day. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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