nay

nay

1. yhteys|vanhentunut|k=en ei

Liittyvät sanat: naysayer

Synonyymisanakirja

nay

hylkäys, ei-ääni.

Rimmaavat sanat

nay rimmaa näiden kanssa:

gay, gray, spray, jalkaspray, speedway...

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Englannin sanakirja

nay englanniksi

1. puhekieltä no

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

3. His face was dirty, nay filthy.

4. 1663, w:Hudibras Hudibras, by w:Samuel Butler (poet)|Samuel Butler, part 1, s:Hudibras/Part 1/Canto 2|canto 2

... And proved not only horse, but cows, / Nay pigs, were of the elder house: / For beasts, when man was but a piece / Of earth himself, did th' earth possess.

5. 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,

6. A vote against.

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

7. A person who voted against.

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

8. puhekieltä To refuse.

(rfquotek)

9. nary

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