evenings
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From evening + -s (adverbial suffix). Compare with Dutch avonds, Low German avends, German abends.
Adverb[edit]
evenings (not comparable)
- (informal, somewhat dated) In the evening, during the evening.
- 1846 [1845], Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office:
- 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 2[edit]
From evening + -s (plural suffix).
Noun[edit]
evenings