Definition of nay Nay
/nejˈ/ - [ney] - nay
We found 14 definitions of nay from 6 different sources.
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What does nay mean?
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NounPlural: nays |
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| nay - a negative; "the nays have it" | ||
| negative a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed | ||
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| nay - not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- nay (adv.)
No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes. - nay (adv.)
Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase. - nay (n.)
Denial; refusal. - nay (n.)
a negative vote; one who votes in the negative. - nay (v. t. & i.)
To refuse.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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nay
A word used to show disagreement of something.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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nay
nā, adv. no: not only so, but: yet more: in point of fact.—n. a denial: a vote against.—n. Nay′ward (Shak.), tendency to denial: the negative side. [M. E. nay, nai—Ice. nei, Dan. nei; cog. with no.]
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🔤- nay, noun, singular of nays.
- nay, adjective.
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