nay English

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nay Interjection

— You use nay to show disapproval, similar to no. Lord Charles Grantham wanted to speak in Parliament, but other members said, "Nay!"

nay Noun

— A nay is a vote of no. The "ayes" are 220 and the "nays" are 180, so the "ayes" have it.

nay

— adverb not this merely but also; not only so but each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique

— noun a negative the nays have it

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nay English » English

no

nope

not

well

uh-uh

sooner

refusal

really

rather

quite

objection

neither

negative vote

most

more

in truth

further

actually

Topics nay topics

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Grammar Semantic constituents related to verbs Yes

No, not

• What words are used to negate the truth of something?
  no none not nay uh-uh no one nothing never nowhere no indeed by no means certainly not most certainly not absolutely not shake your head negative

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Simple sentences

She would have admitted that she liked Anne--nay, that she was very fond of Anne. But now she knew as she hurried wildly down the slope that Anne was dearer to her than anything else on earth.

The chief object of education is not to learn things; nay, the chief object of education is to unlearn things.

Nay, since you will not love, would I were growing A happy daisy, in the garden path That so your silver foot might press me going, Might press me going even unto death.

Movie subtitles

Lx-nay, the oss-bay.

Nay, sire, you can't shape steel with love taps!

Nay, sire.

Hey, ix-nay acking-cray.

Ix-nay on the ill-pay.

Oh, nay, I'd not force you, my lady.

Even? Nay.

Nay, he's not in hell.

Nay, cousin, the man hath no wit that cannot from the rising of the lark to the lodging of the lamb vary deserved praise on my palfrey.

Nay, that's right.

Nay, pray you, throw none away.

Nay, it shall please him well, Kate.

Nay, answer me.

Nay, it is.

Nay, I do not charge the queen with disloyalty.

My my sheep. - Nay!

Nay. You're still ahead of me by half a leg of mutton.

Don't you see, sir simon? Nay, nay. 'Twas in their blood and bones.

Oh, nay, not at all.

Nay, answer me. Stand and unfold yourself.

Nay, not so much, not two.

Nay, 'tis twice two months, my lord.

Nay then, let the devil wear black, for I'll have a suit of sables.

Nay, this courtesy is not of the right breed.

Nay, I await an answer.

Nay, he's not in hell!

Nay, cousin, the man hath no wit that cannot, from the rising of the lark to the lodging of the lamb, vary deserved praise on my palfrey.

Nay, that's right; but why wear you your leek today?

Nay, it will please him well, Kate.

Nay, how will you do for a husband?

There is little to choose between Black John and Richard, yea and nay, if you are a Jew.

Nay. I do but trust my nose, sniffing like a badger in a wood.

Nay, even the universe!

Nay, do not pause, for I did kill Prince Edward. but 'twas thy beauty that provoked me.

Nay, like enough, for I stay dinner there.

News and current affairs

Then there is the opiate of the people, which has somehow metamorphosed into a self-conscious, nay dialectical, cry for national liberation.

But their challenge is made more difficult by nay-sayers who claim that fears about declining biodiversity are a tree-huggers' conspiracy to elevate Nature above people.