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put it mildly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables
put it mild-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To state without exaggeration; to understate, to state in euphemistic terms.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

puts it mildly (present, singular) putting it mildly (participle, present)

Phrases

to put it another way not to put too fine a point on it

Frequently Paired Words

to put it another way not to put too fine a point on it

Questions

What does put it mildly mean?
To state without exaggeration; to understate, to state in euphemistic terms.

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