Litotes vs Litotically - What's the difference?
litotes | litotically |
(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which the speaker emphasizes the magnitude of a statement by denying its opposite; a figure of speech in which understatement is used with negation to express a positive attribute; a form of irony
{{examples-right, sense=figure of speech, width=60%, examples=* She's not the nicest person I know (to indicate meanness)
* He's not exactly a rocket scientist (to indicate lack of intelligence)
* Organizing these records is no small task (to indicate difficulty)
* Not bad (that is to say, good)}} (-)
As a noun litotes
is (rhetoric) a figure of speech in which the speaker emphasizes the magnitude of a statement by denying its opposite; a figure of speech in which understatement is used with negation to express a positive attribute; a form of irony.As an adverb litotically is
in a litotical manner.litotes
English
(wikipedia litotes)Noun
(-)* He's not exactly a rocket scientist (to indicate lack of intelligence)
* Organizing these records is no small task (to indicate difficulty)
* Not bad (that is to say, good)}} (-)