07104292-n 'understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)';
Definitions
- Inggeris
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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
- Japanese
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修辞的効果の控えめな表現(特に相反するものを否定することによって肯定を表現するとき)
― あなたが『私は非常に動揺していた』ことが緩叙法の例であると言っているとき『私は、少し動揺しいた』と言うこと
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TempoWN:
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▲
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(Past: 0.000;
Present: 0.910;
Future: 0.002)
SentiWN:
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(+0.00
-0.38)
MLSentiCon:
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(+0.25
-0.00)
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Francis Bond
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