✋ A refusal 🚫 Negative or denying 🙅 No (exclamation)

negatory

1 9.2

Giving a negative answer, often used in informal speech

adjective
/nɪˈɡeɪtəri/

Slang

: negativo

After his long explanation, the response was simply negatory.

Examples

That's a negatory, good buddy! It means no in a fun way.
Still negatory.

Army of Thieves (2021)
Still negatory.

Army of Thieves (2021)
In radio communications, if you want to say no, you might say negatory.

Synonyms

negative

vsnegatory

165 2.5

A word or short statement that says no

is slang and more informal than the general term used casually

vsnegatory

2 1.0

An answer that refuses a request or idea

is informal slang used to deny or refuse common in radio speech

Antonyms

affirmative

324 4.1

Showing agreement or approval, like saying yes

yes

1 1.0

An answer that shows agreement or permission

Surface Forms

negatory positive

Morphology

negatory = negative (transparent) = negat + ory

The meaning is directly derived from 'negative'/'negate' by a regular adjectival formation, so learners who know 'negative' or 'negate' can infer 'negatory'.

Etymology

Negatory comes from the everyday word negative, which people in radio and military talk used to mean 'no'. So as an adjective it describes something that is 'negative' or shows denial in a quick, informal way.