Definition of "good evening" [good evening]

• Used as a greeting in the evening. (noun)

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• "Nan said that it was a good evening but that during dinner, Teddy Kennedy got up and asked Nick Brady to change places with him, thus putting himself between Nan and Kay, the hostess."
• "This was the polite way of saying good-day or good evening or how are you in Chinese."
• "Sinclair's head came up with a jerk (he'd been seated at the counter, pretending to read the Journal), and he opened his mouth to hiss or roar something, but I overrode him with a breezy, "And a verrrrrry pleasant good evening to all of you, too.""