A deliberate understatement for effect; the opposite of hyperbole. For example, a good idea may be described as “not half bad,” or a difficult task considered “no small feat.” Litotes is found frequen [..]

A language term referring to understatement, used for emphasis, often ironically, in which the negative-opposite is used instead of the positive expression, for example, "It wasn� [..]

rhetorical figure in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary ("no laughing matter"), from Greek litotes "plainness, simplicity," from litos "smooth, [..]

A form of meiosis using a negative statement. (See more under discussion of meiosis.)

Litotes is a kind of understatement, where the speaker or writer uses a negative of a word ironically, to mean the opposite. Litotes is to be found in English literature right back to Anglo-Saxon time [..]

a form of understatement in which one negates the contrary of what one means. Examples from common speech include "Not bad" (meaning "good") and "a novelis [..]

From the Greek litos meaning ‘small’, the rhetorical use of understatement (diminishing) to imply the opposite. For example, “He was not a little concerned at the loss of his fortune.”

The opposite of a hyperbole where the significance of something is understated.

The deliberate use of understatement, usually to create an ironic or satiric effect – “I am not as young as I used to be.”

("plain, simple") - a type of ironical understatement made for emphasis; an affirmation expressed by denying its contrary: He is not half bad... He had not been unhappy the whole day.

Litotes is the use of a negated antonym to make an understatement or to emphatically affirm the positive.

Figure of speech employing ironic understatement which affirms something by denying its opposite e.g. 'Earth has not anything to show more fair' from Composed Upon Westminster Bridg [..]

understatement by negating the opposite; a type of meiosis. "I was not disappointed with the news." See also: meiosis.