present-dayadj.

1833 H. Ellison Madmoments I. 3 Sentiments and Opinions and Standards, so different from those of everyday Life, and particularly presentday Life, must necessarily lead the Reader to judge of the writer, as a Fool.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 429 A few old and intermediate parent-forms having occasionally transmitted to the present day descendants..will give..our so-called..aberrant groups.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 6/1 Replying that this was not a present-day practical question.

1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness vi. 142 A present-day girl, who rushes about bareheaded in all weathers.

1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 31 May 245/3 Much of present-day British India never was under Mogul rule.

1946 ‘S. Russell’ To Bed with Grand Music v. 77 A pigskin bag at present-day prices.

1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iii. 63 In present-day furnishing also there is a feeling for function as well as decoration.

1977 G. W. H. Lampe God as Spirit ii. 51 Saul's sudden possession by the Spirit when he met a group of ecstatics coming down from a high place, preceded, like some of their present-day counterparts, by a musical group.

1990 Eng. World-wide 11 i. 137 A persuasive survey of questions raised, methods employed and approaches adopted in order to interpret historical and present-day data.

2005 D. Grünberg in A.-T. Tymieniecka Phenomenol. of Life 13 In this paper we shall try to answer the question of what is, or rather could be the meaning of human life in the face of the challenges of the present-day world.

1907 National Mag. June 283/1 While it gives a picture of the past, it seems to have a present-dayness and an up-to-dateness that makes it not only a perfect museum but a powerful educative force.

1963 Times 9 Jan. 11/3 1960 doesn't view the eighteenth century as 1920 did—fashion and social economic state of society affect our attitude to the past, and it's the designer's job to bring out this present-dayness.

2011 K. Smokler in L. Wilson Friday Night Lights Compan. 35 Practical, financial, or otherwise, the present-dayness of the show is of a specific sort. None of the characters have iPhones.