Dictionary Entry
nay
nay is a 3-letter English word with 7 senses as adverb, noun, and transitive/intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.
- 2adverb
Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.
- 3noun
Denial; refusal.
- 4noun
a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
- 5transitive/intransitive verb
To refuse.
- 6noun
a negative
"the nays have it"
- 7adverb
not this merely but also; not only so but
"each of us is peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"
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