Nay, then, I will try it.
Source: tatoeba (65866)
Nay
//neɪ//
Synonyms for "nay" (120 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
notnot a bitnot a jotnot a whitnot reallynot sonothing of the kindnyetplebisciteplebiscitumplumperplural votepollpollingpreferential votingproproportional representationproxyquite the contraryrecantation
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record votereferendumrefusalrejectionrepresentationrepudiationretentionright to voterising votesaysecret ballotshow of handssidesingle votesnap votestraw votesuffragethe affirmativethe negativethumbs downthumbs-downto the contrarytransferable votetrulyturndownunwillingnessverilyviva vocevoicevoice votevotevotingvoting rightwithholdingwrite inwrite-inwrite-in voteyeayeas and naysyes
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Translations
22 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَل adv (or rather)
Danish
1 entries- eller snarere adv (or rather)
French
3 entries- ou plutôt adv (or rather)
- que dis-je adv (or rather)
- voire adv (or rather)
German
1 entries- ja adv (or rather)
Italian
2 entries- anzi adv (or rather)
- o per meglio dire adv (or rather)
Japanese
1 entries- もとい adv (or rather)
Māori
1 entries- ianei adv (or rather)
Occitan
2 entries- o puslèu adv (or rather)
- o quitament adv (or rather)
Polish
1 entries- ba adv (or rather)
Portuguese
1 entries- ou mesmo adv (or rather)
Russian
4 entries- бо́лее того́ adv (or rather)
- да́же adv (or rather)
- ма́ло того́ adv (or rather)
- нет adv (or rather)
Sicilian
1 entries- anzi adv (or rather)
Turkish
1 entries- daha doğrusu adv (or rather)
Ukrainian
1 entries- проти noun (vote against)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nói đúng hơn adv (or rather)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
The chief object of education is not to learn things; nay, the chief object of education is to unlearn things.
Source: tatoeba (410292)
Just as the female ant after coition loses her wings, which then become superfluous, nay, dangerous for breeding purposes, so for the most part does a woman lose her beauty after giving birth to one or two children; and probably for the same reasons.
Source: tatoeba (678607)
We all live, at any rate for a time, and the majority of us always, in polygamy. Consequently, as each man needs many women, nothing is more just than to let him, nay, make it incumbent upon him to provide for many women. By this means woman will be brought back to her proper and natural place as a subordinate being.
Source: tatoeba (678679)
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