nyet
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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I ask my clear-headed colleague, Rick Maese, who gave me the nyet look.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2014
How many ways can I say it — no, nyet, lo.”
From New York Times • May 29, 2013
The team's new slogan is 'Nothing but nyet.'
From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2011
It now seems clear that Stalin passed down a nyet until he had made sure of his territorial ambitions in the Far East.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition to davai, I had learned other important words, such as nyet, which meant “no”; sveenya, which meant “pig”; and of course fasheest, “fascist.”
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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