litotes

Letters that make litotes

s, o, e, l, t, i are letters that make 'litotes'

Words within litotes

IT, te, tot, lit, li, tote, Es, Li, Te are words within 'litotes'

Anagrams of litotes

toilets is an anagram of 'litotes'


1 possible definitions for 'litotes'

Litotes as "understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)"

Under this definition, litotes is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

meiosis has the same meaning as litotes

litotes as a type

'litotes' can be a type of understatement, rhetorical device.

Example of litotes used within this context

"saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"



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