Figure Of Speech Like No Mean Feat Crossword Clue

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	noun • understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
	37%	8		A figure of speech satisfied a figure in speech
	noun • a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
	35%	5		Mean, mean, mean
	adjective satellite • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

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	Clue	Source
1	A figure of speech satisfied a figure in speech The Guardian Cryptic - 07 Sep 2015	The Guardian Cryptic / 07 Sep 2015
2	A figure of speech where a word or phrase is used to mean the opposite of its usual meaning
3	A figure of speech where words mean the opposite of their usual sense
4	Dazzling figure skating feat New York Times - 02 Jun 2017	New York Times / 02 Jun 2017
5	Figure skater's feat New York Times - 05 Dec 1977	New York Times / 05 Dec 1977
6	Having a mean, mean look New York Times - 31 Oct 2006	New York Times / 31 Oct 2006
7	Mean, mean, mean New York Times - 17 Oct 2016	New York Times / 17 Oct 2016

Understatement for effect
Stories about child are an understatement
Understatement gives false impression about child
For example: less than honest statements about drink that isn't large?
Ironic understatement
Lottie's peculiar figure
Rhetorical understatement - toilets (anag)
Untruths written about young child? That's an understatement
… a little of it fills Porkie's figure
Is dishonest after consuming drink? That's an understatement!

Contents of a pack including drink — that's ironic, to say the least!
Young child enthralled by stories? That's an understatement
Child in stories that's not saying enough
Figure of speech like "not unlike"
Untruths about toddler? That could be an understatement
Understatement for rhetorical effect
Rhetorical understatement
Understatement
Little child in stories making understatement
It downplays setter getting eaten by 50 bears

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