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Meanings of nay in English
Usage of nay in English
1
And it neatly encapsulates the fickle, nay treacherous, course of political fashion.
2
All our covenants in Him should be yea; not yea, and nay.
3
However I was equal to the emergency; nay, took advantage of it.
4
Look not at the small number; nay, rather seek the pure hearts.
5
Twice, nay, thrice I tried to speak calmly as the crisis demanded.
6
Here were the dukes, the cardinals, nay, the princes of the blood.
7
And I'll nay accept the rantings of a possessed man as law.
8
He pardoned Isaura her success; nay, he was even pleased at it.
9
Then the one said he was alive, and the others said nay.
10
That dear wedding-day in five, nay, in four years, was lost anyhow.
11
And it's nay more than three miles to the crossroads, he said.
12
Double ends are often secured by single means; nay, almost always so.
13
Barbara did not miss him; nay, she was happiest during his absence.
14
Men are universally their dupes; nay their slaves, though called their tyrants.
15
I must be gone; nay, stay me not, I am already late.
16
The other chieftains will nay come while the moon of Cutios shines.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare