noun🔗Share婉曲表現An ironic figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite, particularly the negation of a negative quality to say something positive."The teacher's comments on the student's essay were not unhelpful. (Meaning: The comments were helpful.) "先生の生徒のエッセイに対するコメントは、役に立たないものではなかった。(意味:コメントは役に立った。)languagelinguisticsgrammarwordfigurestylewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading