litotes
noun/laɪˈtəʊtiːz/
/laɪˈtəʊtiːz/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the use of a negative or weak statement to emphasize a positive meaning, for example he wasn’t slow to accept the offer (= he was quick to accept the offer) compare understatementWordfinderTopics Languagec2Word Originlate 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek litotēs, from litos ‘plain, meagre’.
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