litotes
a figure of speech using understatement, usually by negating the opposite condition
[ LIE-tuh-teez ]
Sightings:
It's not like you can
avoid them
Modest strategies
(explore for more rhetorical devices)
Understated revelations
Dust, ashes, and grasshoppers
An unannounced bomb is unhealthy . . .
Elevated Anglo-Saxon language
Comedic words
Confessions of a perfectionist
Hyperbole queen
Not a bad way to live
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