Nay

Definitions: Nay

Nay

Adverb

1. Not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique".

Noun

1. A negative; "the nays have it".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "nay" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Multilingual Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Contrariety

Adverb: contrarily; Adjective: contra, contrariwise, per contra, on the contrary, nay rather; vice versa; on the other hand; (in compensation).

Negation

Adverb: no, nay, not, nowise; not a bit, not a whit, not a jot; not at all, nohow, not in the least, not so; negative, negatory; no way; no such thing; nothing of the kind, nothing of the sort; quite the contrary, tout au contraire, far from it; tant s'en faut; on no account, in no respect; by no, by no manner of means; negatively.

Crosswords: Nay

Romany (finger), Sranan (sew), Vietnamese (present).

Now, when you were born, nay, spawned by the Dark Prince himself, did that rat bastard forget to give you a hug before he sent you along your way? Because you can't just let two good nurses go on account of feeling small and insignificant. (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

Yet how can this be? Because this silence betokened, nay, this silence was, not silence at all, but most eloquent denial! (A Man for All Seasons; writing credit: Robert Bolt)

Kogoto poznavam Nay - dobriyat chovek (1973)

Po nachin nay blagoroden (1985)

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Books

• Arp, Fontana, Goepfert, Nay : Fritz Usinger als Sammler und Kunst-Essayist : Katalog zur Ausstellung im Wetterau-Museum Friedberg (Hessen) vom 5. April bis 20. Mai 1991 (reference)

• E.W. Nay, 1902-1968 [i.e. neunzehnhundertzwei-neunzehnhundertachtundsechzig] (reference)

• Ernst Wilhelm Nay (reference)

• Ernst Wilhelm Nay : die Druckgraphik 1923-1968 : unver�ffentlichte Aufzeichnungen des K�nstlers (reference)

• Konzept, Farbe : Albers, Dienst, Erben, Geccelli, Geiger, Graubner, Jawlensky, Jochims, Lohse, Minnich, Nay, Poliakoff, Rothko, Saro, Zeniuk : Ausstellung und Gespr�ch zur Erfahrung der Farbe im bild (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Kien Thuc Ngay Nay (reference)

• Ngay Nay (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by pole-cats, or foxes; but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions. (Second Treatise of Government)

Nay more, they are reactionary, for they try to roll back the wheel of history. (reference)

Germany undertakes to recognise the full force of the Treaties of Peace and Additional Conventions which may be concluded by the Allied and Associated Powers with the Powers who fought on the side of Germany and to recognise whatever dispositions nay be made concerning the territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, of the Kingdom of Bulgaria and of the Ottoman Empire, and to recognise the new States within their frontiers as there laid down. (reference)

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Nay! In those words there rings from other years The echo of a long low cry, Where a proud spirit wrestles with its tears In loneliest agony.

Nay, things which are good in themselves become evil in hell.

Nay, like enough, for I stay dinner there.

Nay, sometimes the floor is strewn with dust on purpose, when the person to be admitted happens to have powerful enemies at court.

Nay, I often did better than this.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "nay": It is no nay ♦ nay rather. Additional references.

Beginning with "nay": nay-say, nay-sayers, nay-word.

Ending with "nay": ish-kay-nay, Yea-and-nay.

Containing "nay": Vallis-nay-ria.

Albanian

refuzim (denial, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, negative, no, rebuff, refusal, rejection, renouncement, repulse, set down, spurn), mospranim (challenge, denial, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, non-acceptance, objection, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, spurn), madje (even), më shumë se, jo vetëm ... por. (various references)

Arabic 

‏لا بل, ‏ولو (albeit). (various references)

Bulgarian 

глас 'против' (no), отрицателен отговор, отказ (abandonment, declination, denial, negative, no, refusal, rejection, repulse, surrender, thumbs down, traverse), нещо повече (besides, furthermore, indeed, yea), не (no, nope, not), дори (even, indeed), даже (even, indeed, yet). (various references)

Czech

nejen (not only), ne (nae, no, non, not), odmítnutí (adamant, brush off, denial, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repulse). (various references)

Farsi 

نه (None, Soso), خیر (Good, No, Welfare), رای منفی . (various references)

French

non, plutôt, même. (various references)

German

nein (negative, no, nope, not). (various references)

Greek 

μάλλον (further, likely, more, most, quite, rather, sooner). (various references)

Hebrew 

יתר על כן (besides, further, furthermore, moreover), לאו (negation, no, prohibition), לא (no, nope, not), אלא (but, except, however, moreover, only, save). (various references)

Hungarian

nem (anomalous, breed, caducous, dead to the world, disquieting, extinct, funny, gender, genus, guileless, he doesn't know how to put his things on, his hands were forced, I can make neither head nor tail of this, I can't account for it, I can't make head or tail of this, I think not, I tried and tried but, impertinent, impolitic, impractical, irreducible, isn't it awful I ask you?, jarring, nae, national military authority, no, non, non-compliance, nonconformist, nope, not, plaited, prevarication, sex, square peg in a round hole, stiff, tacky, to be beside the point, to be in sy's black book, to be out of harm's way, to be quick to answer back, to be unlike sg, to be unlike to sg, to be untouched by sg, to disown, to draw the line at sg, to extenuate, to feel slack, to hang fire, to hold one's ground, to jitter, to keep out of sight, to know the ropes, to lose the faculty of speech, to lose the power of speech, to mull, to pass unmarked, to play safe, to prove a broken reed, to stick like a leech, to stick to one's guns, to stick to one's opinions, to take no denial, tribe, un-), sőt (moreover, yea, yes). (various references)

Indonesian

sembarang (bungling, nay old, random). (various references)

Italian

anzi (as a matter of fact, even, even better, in fact, on the contrary, or better still, rather). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

否 (no, the noes, well, yes). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いな (no, well, yes), いいや (no, well, yes), いいえ (no, well, yes), いや (detestable, disagreeable, no, reluctant, unpleasant, well, yes), いえ (house, no, well, yes). (various references)

Manx

cha nee. (various references)

Pig Latin

aynay.(various references)

Portuguese

não só ... mas também, ou melhor, mais que isso, armada (armada, navy). (various references)

Romanian

nu (by no means, never, no, not), vot negativ (negative voice), vot contra (blackball, no), refuz (declination, denial, negative, no, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation), rãspuns negativ, ce zic (yea), ba (a thousand times no, no, rather). (various references)

Russian 

нет (it seems not, no, nope, not, there are no, there be no, there is no, there is not). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ne (negative, nix, no, nope, not), odbijanje (denial, disallowance, image degradation, reflection, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reverberation, set down, setdown, snub), glas protiv, čak (albeit, even). (various references)

Spanish

no (don't, is it not, Kingdom of Norway, no, non, nope, North-West, Norway, not), negativa (denial, disavowal, negative, negative matrix, refusal), voto negativo (no), voto en contra (no), mejor dicho (rather), más bien (preferably, rather), más aún (all the more). (various references)

Swedish

nejröst (no), nej (no, nope, not, refusal). (various references)

Thai

ใช้พู�"เน้นย้ำสิ่งที่พู�". (various references)

Turkish

yok (absent, ain't, away, no, nope, not, there is not, unavailable), ret (defeat, denial, disallowance, disavowal, negation, negative, no, rebuff, refusal, refutation, rejection, repudiation, veto), red (defeat, denial, disallowance, disavowal, negation, negative, no, refusal, refutation, rejection, repudiation, veto), olumsuz oy, inkâr (abnegation, contest, contestation, contradiction, denegation, denial, dereliction, disallowance, disavowal, ignoring, impugnment, negation, refusal, repudiation), hayır (Agape, auspiciousness, benefaction, beneficence, charity, good, no, nope). (various references)

Ukranian 

голос "проти", відмова (abandonment, abjuration, brush off, denegation, denial, disallowance, disclaimer, malfunction, nay-say, negative, no, recession, refusal, relinquishment, repulse, surrender, waiver), ні (neither, no, nope, not), негативна відповідь (negative), навіть (even, yet), мало того, заборона (ban, debarment, disallowance, embargo, inhibition, interdict, negative, objection, prohibition, stop, stopping, suppression), більше того (farther, furthermore). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự trả lời không, sự cự tuyệt (rebroadcast, rebutment, rebuttal, repudiation, repulse), m� lại còn; nói cho đúng hơn. (various references)

immo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "nay": nays, naysayer, naysayers. (additional references)

Words ending with "nay": chardonnay, guanay, hogmanay, hogmenay. (additional references)

Words containing "nay": chardonnays, guanays, hogmanays, hogmenays. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Nay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anai, anay, anby, Aney, anya, anye, anyo, gnay, inay, n'a, naa, naaa, naai, naam, Naby, nac, nacy, nady, nae, naey, naf, nagy, nai, n'ai, naib, naie, naiea, naig, naih, naij, naim, nain, naio, naip, nair, naiu, naj, nak, nal, Namy, nany, Nanyo, nao, napy, naq, nau, nav, naw, nax, naya, Nayc, naye, nayi, Nayib, nayl, nayo, nayr, Naz, Nby, neay, Nefyn, neh, nei, nej, neny, neoy, nfyfc, Nha, nhao, nicy, nij, niy, Njau, Nka, nma, nndy, nomy, Nouy, noxy, Noy, Npy, Nsai, nudy, nui, nuy, Nuyf, nya, Nyae, Nyah, Nyamyn, nyanya, nyar, nyn, nyo, nyp, nyr, nyu, onay, unay. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: any.

-1 letter: an, ay, na, ya.

+1 letter: awny, ayin, cyan, many, myna, nary, navy, nays, wany, yang, yank, yarn, yawn, yean, yuan, zany.

+2 letters: agony, angry, annoy, anomy, antsy, atony, aunty, ayins, bandy, banty, barny, bunya, candy, canny, canty, carny, cyano, cyans, dandy, fancy, fanny, fawny, handy, hanky, hyena, inlay, janty, lanky, lawny, mangy, manly, mayan, meany, mynah, mynas, naggy, nancy, nanny, nappy, narky, nasty, natty, navvy, noway, nyala, pandy, pansy, panty, pyran, rainy, randy, rangy, rayon, sandy, snaky, tangy, tansy, tawny, unary, unlay, unsay, waney, wanly, xylan, yamen, yamun, yangs, yanks, yapon, yarns, yawns, yeans, yearn, yenta, yuans, yulan, zayin.

+3 letters: abying, adenyl, agency, alanyl, alkyne, anally, anergy, angary, annoys, anonym, anyhow, anyone, anyway, aroynt, astony, auntly, banyan, barony, baryon, baying, bayman, baymen, benday, binary, botany, brainy, brandy, branny, brawny, bunyas, byname, byzant, cairny, canary, canopy, canyon, carney, cayman, chancy, chanty, cranky, cranny, crayon, cyanic, cyanid, cyanin, dainty, dankly, denary, dynamo, dynast, faying, flyman, frypan, gainly, gangly, gantry, glycan, gnarly, gnatty, gowany, grainy, granny, guanay, haying, hyaena, hyalin, hyenas, hymnal, infamy, inlays, jangly, jaunty, knarry, lanely, lankly, larynx, laying, layman, laymen, leanly, litany, lunacy, mainly, mangey, maundy, maying, mayvin, meanly, minyan, mynahs, namely, nancys, napery, nazify, nearby, nearly, neatly, nongay, notary, noways, noyade, nyalas, nympha, orangy, painty, panfry, pantry, paying, paynim, pyrans, rankly, ratany, raying, rayons, runway, ryokan, sanely, sanity, satiny, sawney, saxony, saying, scanty, senary, shandy, shanny, shanty, sharny, skyman, slangy, slanty, snaggy, snakey, snappy, snarky, snarly, snazzy, sneaky, swanky, sylvan, syngas, syntax, synura, tangly, tawney, tetany, twangy, twanky, tympan, tyrant, uneasy, unlays, unsays, unwary, uranyl, vainly, vanity, vaunty, xylans, yamens, yamuns, yanked, yanqui, yantra, yapons, yarned, yarner, yaupon, yawing, yawned, yawner, yeaned, yearns, yentas, yeoman, yulans, zanily, zayins, zonary.

+4 letters: abeyant, abhenry, acronym, acyloin, adenyls, agentry, aglycon, alanyls, alienly, alimony, alkynes, allonym, allying, almonry, amboyna, amenity, aminity, amnesty, amylene, anagogy, anality, analogy, analyse, analyst, analyze, anarchy, anatomy, anchovy, angerly, angrily, anility, annoyed, annoyer, annuity, anodyne, anolyte, anomaly, anonyms, anorexy, anticly, antigay, antonym, anxiety, anybody, anymore, anytime, anyways, anywise, aplenty, ardency, aroynts, astheny, babying, bairnly, balcony, baloney, banally, banyans, baryons, bayonet, beanery, bendays, blandly, blankly, blarney, bogyman, branchy, braying, buoyant, bynames, byzants, cadency, calumny, cannery, cannily, canonry, canyons, carneys, carnify, carryon, cayenne, caymans, chantey, chantry, claying, claypan, cleanly, company, crankly, crayons, cyanate, cyanide, cyanids, cyanine, cyanins, cyanite, cycasin, cynical, cyprian, damnify, dandify, dandily, daylong, daysman, daysmen, deanery, dittany, draying, drayman, draymen, dryland, dynamic, dynamos, dynasts, dynasty, dyspnea, elysian, endways, errancy, faintly, fancify, fancily, fantasy, finally, flaunty, flaying, frankly, fraying, frypans, gainsay, gangway, gauntly, gauntry, gayness, glycans, granary, grandly, graying, guanays, gunplay, gymnast, gynecia, hackney, halcyon, handily, harmony, hayings, humanly, hyaenas, hyaenic, hyaline, hyalins, hydrant, hymenal, hymenia, hymnals, hymnary, hyponea, inanely, inanity, inaptly, infancy, inlayer, joyance, juryman, kayoing, knavery, kyanise, kyanite, kyanize, ladykin, laneway, langley, laniary, lankily, lanyard, larceny, latency, laundry, lazying, lyncean, magnify, mangaby, mangily, manlily, manuary, masonry, mayings, mayvins, minyans, naively, naivety, nakedly, nasally, nastily, nattily, naughty, navally, nectary, nodally, nongays, nonplay, noonday, nosegay, notably, noyades, nummary, nylghai, nylghau, nymphae, nymphal, okaying, orangey, organdy, panicky, panoply, papayan, paronym, patency, paunchy, payment, paynims, penally, penalty, pharynx, phytane, plainly, playing, playpen, plenary, pliancy, polynya, praying, ptyalin, pygmean, quinary, rainily, raisiny, raunchy, reynard, rhatany, riantly, runaway, runways, ryokans, sabayon, saintly, sandfly, sawneys, sayings, scantly, scrawny, shantey, slaying, snakily, snatchy, soybean, spangly, spaying, standby, staying, stygian, swaying, syconia, sylvans, synagog, synanon, synapse, syncarp, syngamy, synodal, synovia, synurae, syringa, tachyon, tannery, tantivy, tanyard, tardyon, tawneys, tawnily, taxying, tenably, tenancy, ternary, tiffany, tonally, trinary, truancy, tunably, tympana, tympani, tympano, tympans, tympany, tyranny, tyrants, unaptly, uncanny, unchary, uncrazy, unfancy, unhandy, unhappy, unhasty, unitary, unmanly, unready, unweary, uranyls, urinary, vacancy, valency, vandyke, varying, venally, wayworn, windway, womanly, yacking, yaffing, yakking, yanking, yanquis, yantras, yapping, yarding, yardman, yardmen, yarners, yarning, yatagan, yauping, yaupons, yawling, yawners, yawning, yawping, yealing, yeaning, yearend, yearned, yearner, yeggman, zanyish, zonally, zymosan.

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