good evening

intj — 2 senses

good evening

intjalso spelled good-evening

Etymology An ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good evening.".

1

Canada Used as a greeting in the evening.

Generally formal in US

  • Good evening everyone and welcome to our 34th annual general meeting.
Coordinate terms
good afternoon, good morning, good night

good-evening

intj
1

Dated Dated form of good evening.

  • Instead of passing the house towards the town, he turned up to the door and rode toward her. She was too familiar with the scenes of danger, and the incidents of those warlike times to feel alarm, and waited quietly his approach to the door-stone. / “Good-evening, maiden,” he said with a foreign accent; “I pray you give me your hospitality a brief space—I and my horse are both wounded, and he will carry me no farther, I fear.”1843 February 23, “The Tory Lover”, in Madison City Express, number 50, Madison, Wis.: […] William W. Wyman, front page, column 3:
  • Well, the long and the short of it was that Donald let the hide go, and, that very evening, who but he should walk up to Hudden’s door? / “Good-evening, Hudden. Will you lend me your best pair of scales?”1892, “Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary”, in Joseph Jacobs, compiler, Celtic Fairy Tales, London: David Nutt, […], page 49:
1 more example
  • Abe’s Gran was standing in the doorway. ‘Good-evening,’ she said. She was holding a tin mug in each hand. / ‘Good-evening, Mrs Tanner,’ Sam said.1966, Nina Bawden, The White Horse Gang, London: Puffin Books, published 1972, page 52:

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