nayadverb
uk/neɪ/us/neɪ/nay adverb (EVEN MORE)
formal used to introduce a second and more extreme phrase in a sentence when the first phrase was not strong enough:
It is my pleasure, nay (my) privilege, to introduce tonight's guest speaker.
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Linguistics: connecting words joining words or phrases with similar or related meanings
- and/or 2
- anyways
- concatenate
- conjunctive
- connective
- consequently
- ergo
- hereby
- mean
- moreover
- never
- now
- OK
- so
- sure enough idiom
- the thing is idiom
- there
- thing
- what
- with that idiom
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nay adverb (NO)
Northern for no adverb :
Nay lass, don't cry.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Yes, no & not
- anything
- bet
- betcha
- does a bear/do bears shit in the woods? idiom
- fear
- hear, hear! idiom
- hell
- much
- no dice idiom
- no way idiom
- noes
- not by any manner of means idiom
- not so much sth as sth idiom
- not that idiom
- nothing doing idiom
- perish the thought idiom
- see sb in hell before ... idiom
- think
- yea or nay idiom
- yes
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