Tom Hodgkinson

Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part of the creative process. It is meaningless bustle that actually gets in the way of productivity. All we are really saying is, give peace a chance.

British Writer

Francesco Guicciardini

The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see from experience that the forecasts even of the wise almost always turn out false.

Italian Historian

Maya Angelou

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

American Poet

Charles Darwin

We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.

English Scientist

George Gissing

Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make me their miserable bondsman.

British Novelist

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.

American Writer

Henry David Thoreau

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

American Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.

French Writer

William Godwin

Occupation - pressing occupation that will not be said nay - is a sovereign remedy for grief.

English Writer

Rudy Rucker

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

American Scientist

Learners should be aware that 'nay' is rarely used in modern conversation and can sound outdated.

Old-fashioned No

'Nay' can be used to strongly reject a notion, often more forceful than a simple 'no'.

Emphatic Denial

'Nay' is commonly found in older literature, poetry, and historical texts.

Literary Usage

When learning American political terminology, know 'nay' signals a vote against a proposal in legislative settings.

Voting Context

Understand that in politics, 'nay' is not just a personal opinion but counts as a formal vote against something.

Counting Votes

'Nay' in legislative use aligns strictly with a 'no' vote—it's crucial to understand it doesn't carry other implications.

Exact Meaning

 be a leopard here or some lions I was actually really hoping for some lions one of the only places they can come and drink in this corner but nay it is not to be the humble bumble is not for the faint of heart but we will have to continue on with it

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 Then, each pirate, including Amaro himself, gets to vote either yarr or nay. If the vote passes, or if there's a tie, the coins are divided according to plan. But if the majority votes nay, Amaro must walk the plank

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 Some of mankind's greatest challenges lie ahead of us; contaminated drinking water is just one example. We could definitely use more -- nay, we desperately need more -- compassionate upstanders

Nay

Old-fashioned No

Emphatic Denial

Literary Usage

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