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Definition of This evening
1. Adverb. During the night of the present day. "Drop by tonight"
Definition of This evening
1. Adverb. During the evening of today. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of This Evening
Literary usage of This evening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Before this epoch this evening synaxis was celebrated with all the torches alight.
... this evening synaxis is looked upon as a souvenir of ..."
2. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"But did she this evening feel as completely as before that her jealousy was no
less remote from any possibility for herself personally than if her human ..."
3. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"Mr. Causton (who went on Saturday to his Country-House) return'd to Town this
Evening. TUESDAY. This Day arrived a Sloop laden with Pro- IB. visions of ..."
4. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"... being half-past Seven of th<^ clock, the Chairman left the Chair to make his
Report to the House. Committee report Progress; to sit again this evening. ..."
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