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Synonyms for nots

Grammar : Adv
Spell : not
Phonetic Transcription : nɒt

Définition of nots

Origin :
  • negative particle, mid-13c., unstressed variant of noht, naht "in no way" (see naught). As an interjection to negate what was said before or reveal it as sarcasm, it is first attested 1900; popularized 1989 by "Wayne's World" sketches on "Saturday Night Live" TV show. To not know X from Y (one's ass from one's elbow, shit from Shinola, etc.) was a construction first attested c.1930. Double negative construction not un- was derided by Orwell, but is persistent and ancient in English, popular with Milton and the Anglo-Saxon poets.
  • As in no : adv negative
Example sentences :
  • There is a busy time under the surface of those "nots" and "alls."
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • Then "self-control" receives the emphasis of an eight-fold repetition of "nots."
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • Let us consider why we are in authority, let us consider distribution, let us consider forget me nots.
  • Extract from : « Geography and Plays » by Gertrude Stein
  • The original distinction between the "haves" and the "have nots" has persisted throughout history and is with us to-day.
  • Extract from : « The War and Unity » by Various
  • Notice the “nots” and “buts,” indicating the change from the negative to the positive statement.
  • Extract from : « English: Composition and Literature » by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
  • In those days, they always put two nots together when they meant to speak strongly.
  • Extract from : « The King's Daughters » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • Deprive virtue of its "dare nots," and how many "would nots" and "should nots" might survive?
  • Extract from : « Not Guilty » by Robert Blatchford
  • For instance run through John's Gospel, and pick out the negatives on His lips, the "nots."
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Service » by S. D. Gordon
  • These three nots together are enough to make a lady very ill indeed.
  • Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald
  • Possibly there is exactly the right number of "nots" in the Bible, but they have been wrongly distributed.
  • Extract from : « The Squire's Daughter » by Silas K(itto) Hocking

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