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Understatement   /ˈəndərstˌeɪtmənt/   Listen
Understatement

noun
1.
A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said.






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"Understatement" Quotes from Famous Books



... haven't, miss," said Stifford. This was an understatement. He knew beyond fear that "The Light of Asia" ...
— Clayhanger • Arnold Bennett

... had given it; and Maddox had plastered every line with praise. He would have been the first to praise Rickman, provided that he was the first. Not that Jewdwine ever committed himself. As a critic his surest resource had always lain in understatement. If the swan was a goose, Jewdwine had as good as said so. If the goose proved a swan, Jewdwine had implied as much by his magnificent reserve. But this time the middle course was imposed on him less by conviction than necessity. He had to hold ...
— The Divine Fire • May Sinclair

... our passion for understatement and that we have inherited wise and tested regulations that the British are a law abiding race; but I think if the Americans were given a chance they would be the same. I can only say, if they are not, Democracy will prove as great ...
— My Impresssions of America • Margot Asquith



Words linked to "Understatement" :   litotes, meiosis, statement, understate, overstatement



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