Thursdays

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of Thursday.

   Two consecutive Thursdays were canceled because of the holiday.

   She marked all the remaining Thursdays of the month on her calendar.

   Note

   The ordinary noun plural, which shares its spelling with the North American adverb. The surrounding words tell you which one you have. The noun takes numbers and determiners (two Thursdays, all the remaining Thursdays) or follows a preposition, as in on Thursdays. When it stands bare after a verb, it is the adverb. Either way it keeps its capital, because English treats the names of days as proper nouns.

2. 2
   adverbCanadaUS

   On Thursday; on each successive Thursday as a regular occurrence.

   The clinic stays open late Thursdays to accommodate working patients.

   Garbage gets collected Thursdays in our neighborhood.

   Note

   A North American habit of speech: the bare plural day name stands in for a whole adverbial phrase, so the shop closes early Thursdays means it does so week after week. Elsewhere English usually keeps the preposition and says on Thursdays. It sits where any time adverb would, after the verb or at the end of the clause, and it carries a relaxed, everyday tone rather than a formal one.

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