Nays - English meaning
Nays – definitions in English dictionary
nounA negative answer.
Usage examples:
The cabinet sits to give the final yea or nay to policies
adverbOr rather (used to emphasize a more appropriate word than one just used)
Usage examples:
Permission to build the superstore will take months, nay years
adverbNo.
Usage examples:
Nay, i must not think thus
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Word origin
Middle English (in nay (sense 2 of the adverb)): from Old Norse nei, from ne ‘not’ + ei ‘ever’ (compare with aye2).
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