Definizione monolingua

nay

nay (plural nays)

1. A vote against.

   I vote nay, even though the motion is popular, because I would rather be right than popular.

2. A person who voted against.

   The vote is 4 in favor and 20 opposed, the nays have it.

nay

1. (archaic) no.

nay

1. or even, or more like, or should I say. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.
   • His face was dirty, nay filthy.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 18.

     And even in our wildest and most wandering reveries, nay in our very dreams, we shall find, if we reflect, that the imagination ran not altogether at adventures,

Definizione dizionario nay

anzi

no

rifiuto

Altri significati:

A person who voted against.

(archaic) no.

or even, or more like, or should I say. Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one.

or even

A vote against.