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Definition: understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"

Definition: An ironic figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive.

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