■ adverb
1》 at the present time.
↘at or from this precise moment.
↘under the present circumstances.
2》 used, especially in conversation, to draw attention to something.
3》 used in a request, instruction, or question.
■ conjunction as a consequence of the fact.
■ adjective informal fashionable.
Phrases
~ and again (or then ) from time to time.
~ or never used to convey urgency.
Derivatives
~ness noun
Origin
OE nū , of Gmc origin.