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    litotes

    litotes - Dictionary definition and meaning for word litotes

    Definition
    (noun) understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
    Synonyms : meiosis
    Example Sentence
    • saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for litotes

lie + quotes(kind of similar to euphemism too)

light out... instead of (en)lightening the situation you are taking the light(LITE) out(OTE) of it by undertating the gravity of the situation

Can be read as- light out. To call night a Light Out is a litotes.

litotes=light quotes......"HE IS NO MORE" is a litotes by the church people after buring him in the earth...instead of saying."MAR GAYA SALA!!!"...:)

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totes => toe => under => understatement

le tatti

litotes = lit (little) + quotes..

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