Ay
[eɪ]
Definition
(interj.) Ah! alas!
(adv.) Same as Aye.
(adv.) Yes; yea; -- a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. It is much used in viva voce voting in legislative bodies, etc.
(a.) Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Yes.
Typist: Montague
Definition
interj. ah! oh! alas! esp. in ay me!
adv. yea: yes: indeed.—n. Aye (ī) a vote in the affirmative: (pl.) those who vote in the affirmative.
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Examples
- Ay, but he held his sword in his left hand, and so pointed across his body with it, said the Templar. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Ay, my man,' said the gentleman in the white waistcoat, with a condescending smile. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And he presumed on it to make himself quite at home, and call and dine here, ay? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ay, so do, Sir John, cried Mrs. Jennings, and then perhaps you may find out what his business is. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- One knight--ay, one man-at-arms, were enough for twenty such peasants. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Ay, ay, but here it is. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ay, truly, said the hermit, and many a hundred of pagans did he baptize there, but I never heard that he drank any of it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Ay, 'a b'lieve she was. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And proper little terrors they were, little fiends--that Gerald was a demon if ever there was one, a proper demon, ay, at six months old. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Ay, ay, dear boy! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Den Uncle Peter mus'n't sit in it, cause he al'ays hitches when he gets a singing. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And tell her the Lord's stood by me everywhere and al'ays, and made everything light and easy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On the grounds that it's well understood along the cause'ays and the stairs that he done it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Al'ays keep close to yer mother. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is mighty onpleasant getting on with women, sometimes, I al'ays hates these yer screechin,' screamin' times. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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