adv. | 1. | No; - a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by | |||
2. | Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; - used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase. | ||||
n. | 1. | Denial; refusal. | |||
2. | A negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
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v. t. & i. | 1. | To refuse. |
Noun | 1. | nay - a negative; "the nays have it" Antonyms: yea - an affirmative; "The yeas have it" |
Adv. | 1. | nay - not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique" |