good-day

Meanings

1. 1
   phrase

   dated or formal: a greeting or farewell equivalent to good day

   The family rose, gave their visitors good-day, and waited for them to sit first.

2. 2
   noun

   a spoken greeting or farewell using the words good day

   She offered a brisk good-day and continued down the road.

The hyphenated form of good day, a conventional wish that the other person have a good day. It has long served both as a greeting and a farewell; the hyphenated spelling is now dated.

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