单语范例（未经PONS编辑处理）
Litotes, such as not bad, not much and you're not wrong, are also used, as are diminutives, which are commonly used and are often used to indicate familiarity.
en.wikipedia.org Meiosis is the opposite of auxesis, and also sometimes used as a synonym for litotes.
en.wikipedia.org Litotes is a form of understatement, always deliberate and with the intention of emphasis.
en.wikipedia.org The pattern for early litotes was to start with two words, mainly a positive and a negative connected by a particle.
en.wikipedia.org For the use of double negations or similar as understatements (not unappealing, not bad, etc.) see litotes.
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