Category:English litotes

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Newest and oldest pages 
Newest pages ordered by last category link update:
  1. not
  2. not a little
  3. no prize pig
  4. no joke
  5. in no small measure
  6. in no small part
  7. not so hot
  8. no flies on
  9. not the sharpest tool in the shed
  10. do without
Oldest pages ordered by last edit:
  1. not a little
  2. no joke
  3. in no small part
  4. not half bad
  5. not bad
  6. up to no good
  7. not the sharpest knife in the drawer
  8. oil painting
  9. no spring chicken
  10. not the sharpest tool in the shed

English litotical expressions or terms commonly used in litotes (stating something by denying its opposite).