Figure Of Speech Like Not Unlike Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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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
	27%	5		A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
	noun • tall New Zealand timber tree

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	Clue	Source
1	A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
2	A figure of speech satisfied a figure in speech The Guardian Cryptic - 07 Sep 2015	The Guardian Cryptic / 07 Sep 2015
3	A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'
4	Figure of speech in which words are reversed for effect, like "Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you" New York Times - 12 Nov 2023	New York Times / 12 Nov 2023
5	Figure of speech like "no mean feat" New York Times - 26 Sep 2009	New York Times / 26 Sep 2009
6	Gregarious like this — unlike ministers, turned up The Guardian Cryptic - 19 Nov 2012	The Guardian Cryptic / 19 Nov 2012
7	Like good pastrami, but quite unlike most hot dogs New York Times Bonus - 01 Jul 2014	New York Times Bonus / 01 Jul 2014

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
Figure of speech like "no mean feat"

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
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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