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  1. adverb Used to express refusal, denial, disbelief, emphasis, or disagreement: No, I'm not going. No, you're wrong.
  2. adverb Not at all; not by any degree. Often used with the comparative: no better; no more.
  3. adverb Not: whether or no.
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  • Your no is as good as his yes_, I'm sure, when it's your business that's being talked of She had suddenly become the dominant figure in the room. —  Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale
  • "I'll resign myself in his favor, if it pleases you Oh, no, no--no one could fill your place Well, he can, I fear--and here he comes to do it. —  The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
  • Every man dresses hurriedly--no, that is the wrong word, for I have known them in their haste put the leg of their trousers over their head in mistake for their jumpers, and others, including myself, put their feet through the sleeves of the jumper, mistaking them for trousers. —  From Lower Deck to Pulpit
  • Oh no--no, he never loved me!" —  Adam Johnstone's Son
  • "I don't drive myself, sir; no--no, my lad assumes the reins; and notwithstanding the potency of your Scamperley ale, Sir Guy, we manage to arrive pretty safe at our destination Quite right, Mr. Waxy," vociferated Sir Guy. —  Kate Coventry An Autobiography
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Etymologies (8)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English nā : ne, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + ā, ever; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English, variant of non, from Old English nān, none : ne, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + ān, one; see one.

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  1. Also dial. (Scots) na, in enclitic use; from Middle English no, na, from Anglo-Saxon nā, nō (= Icelandic nei), not ever, no, from ne, not, + ā, aye, ever: see ay, o, Cf. nay, another form of no, from the Scandinavian
  2. from no, adv.
  3. Middle English, from no, adv.; partly as a variant of ne, by confusion with no, adv.
  4. from ME, no, an abbreviation form, by mistaking the final n for an inflective suffix, of non, noon, earlier nan, from Anglo-Saxon nān, no, none: see none, which is the full form of no. No is to none as a (Middle English a, o) to one.
  5. from Middle English no; a reduced form of none, adv., as no, a., is of none, a. It is therefore different from no, adv., from which it is not distinguishable in form, and which it represents in all uses other than those given under no, adv., 1, 2, 3.
  6. Japanese nō.
 

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