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Synonyms & Antonyms for nay
Synonyms: Adverb
even, indeed, truly, verily, yea
Synonyms: Noun
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of nay in a Sentence
Adverb
Nay, I do not wish to go. I was angry—nay, furious—at the way they were treating that poor dog.Noun
when the votes were tallied, it was 241 yeas and 54 nays gave a resounding nay to the request for a mixed-company camping trip
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The vote failed with 46 yeas, 41 nays and 13 not voting. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Beware political infighting; Missing crucial Senate work; BLM move is suspect; The support Hong Kong needs (7/31/19)," 31 July 2019 The bill passed the Senate on a bipartisan basis with 67 yeas to 28 nays. — Grace Segers, CBS News, "Trump signs budget deal and suspends debt ceiling until 2021," 2 Aug. 2019 The legislation was passed on a calling of the yeas and nays rather than a roll call vote. — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, "Rep. Slotkin's bill to provide adequate food, water to border detainees approved," 25 July 2019 The mere mention of restaurant dress codes can unleash a torrent of yeas and nays. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, "Does the lack of linens in restaurants present a food-safety issue?," 24 July 2019 The Senate's bipartisan bill passed with 84 yeas to 8 nays, and includes negotiated border security funding language. — CBS News, "Nancy Pelosi says migrant children must be cared for amid funding battle," 27 June 2019 The nay was made from thick reeds that grew wild in the region stretching from Ancient Egypt to Mesopotamia – at the heart of which lies modern-day Jordan. — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, "In rediscovered reed flute, a soulful link to Jordanian identity," 13 July 2018 The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, 85 yeas to 10 nays (NDAA) Monday, and in the legislation included language that would ban Chinese telecom giant ZTE from conducting business in the United States. — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "If only we had a Congress," 19 June 2018 Evidently that turned some of the ayes heard by the Senate president into nays, because the proposal was defeated, 21 to 17. — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, "Here Is Why Florida Has So Much Trouble Passing Gun Laws," 4 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nay.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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