[ UK /nˈe‍ɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈneɪ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a negative
    the nays have it
ADVERB
  1. not this merely but also; not only so but
    each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique
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How To Use nay In A Sentence

  • Likewise, it was ixnay on the ommentcay when asked about reports that former show exec producer Nigel Lythgoe is returning triumphant to the show after having been pushed aside a couple of seasons back when that was their Really Bright Idea for jump-starting "Idol" and revving up ratings. 'D.C. Cupcakes' will get second season; only Ryan Seacrest certain on 'Idol'
  • If you're keeping it traditional and not using Halloween as a three day extended party, you can get down on the actual holiday with the Latin funk of Pimps of Joytime and Nayas at Rock and Roll Hotel. Nightlife agenda
  • The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. Northern Rock - Pay staff a bonus with public cash.
  • The Sanskrit word for “control” is yama, and the second limb of Yoga is called pranayama: “breath control of the life force.” Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar
  • Yes, I know it's rather stilted, nay overwrought, prose.
  • Ten minutes later he was at the police station, sending a motor-cyclist to Épernay with instructions to transmit the finger-prints to Paris by the Belin telephotograph. Maigret meets a Milord
  • He who will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay
  • Nay, I know that you shall not find him in Mansoul, for he is departed and gone; yea, and gone for the faults of the elders, and for that they rewarded his grace with unsufferable unkindness. The Holy War
  • Lizards scurry in the leaf litter at my feet, monkeys feed noisily in the branches above nay head, a vine snake makes its sinuous way toward an unsuspecting small bird.
  • Learning languages Can you tell me what your weather is like, in Pig Latin? ain-ray ainyray adnay etway Arday anday illychay. Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
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