Usually means: Oppositional expression; old-fashioned "no".
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  1. nay: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nay: Merriam-Webster
  3. nay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nay: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nay: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nay, nay, nay: Wordnik
  8. nay: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. NAY, Nay, nay: Wiktionary
  10. nay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nay: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Nay, nay: Dictionary.com
  14. nay: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Nay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. nay: Rhymezone
  19. Nay: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. nay: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. nay: FreeDictionary.org
  22. nay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. nay: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. NAY: Acronym Finder
  2. NAY: Three Letter Words with definitions
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NAY: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

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  1. Nay: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (NAY)

▸ adverb:  (archaic or regional, otherwise humorous) No.
▸ adverb:  (archaic or regional) Introducing a statement, without direct negation.
▸ adverb:  (archaic, otherwise humorous) Or rather, or should I say; moreover (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one).
▸ noun:  A vote against.
▸ noun:  A person who voted against.
▸ noun:  (archaic) A denial; a refusal.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To refuse.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Nary.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  Abbreviation of Nayarit, a state of Mexico. [A state on the central west coast of Mexico]

Similar:
enow, nowthe, nathmore, nathemore, naow, nouthe, whatsay, nathemo, nighwhat, natheless, more...

Opposite:
yes, affirm, agree, approve, consent

Types:
blue, brown, gray, green, orange, pink, purple, red, white, more...

Phrases:
nay nay, nay nay, nay sayers, nay sayer, Nay Pyi Taw, more...

Adjectives:
and, yea, everlasting, good, chorus, hamlet, kay, latter, single, cool, darnley


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Similar:
enow, nowthe, nathmore, nathemore, naow, nouthe, whatsay, nathemo, nighwhat, natheless, more...

Opposite:
yes, affirm, agree, approve, consent

Types:
blue, brown, gray, green, orange, pink, purple, red, white, more...

Phrases:
nay nay, nay nay, nay sayers, nay sayer, Nay Pyi Taw, it is no nay, nay saying, nay say, Jonas Nay, Nay Shwe Thway Aung, Nay Pyi Taw International Airport, 2014 Nay Pyi Taw season, Nay Toe, yea or nay, more...

Adjectives:
and, yea, everlasting, good, chorus, hamlet, kay, latter, single, cool, darnley



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