to put it mildly

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to put it mildly and put it mildly

to understate something; to say something politely. (Note the variation in the examples.) She was angry at almost everyone—to put it mildly. To say she was angry is putting it mildly. To put it mildly, she was enraged.

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To say that I was distracted with terror would be to put it mildly. The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context For it seemed obvious to me from what I had learned that, to put it mildly, he was not an impulsive person. Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context I judged that the second officer--a callow youth with an unpromising face--was not, to put it mildly, of that invaluable stuff from which a commander's right hand is made. The Shadow Line by Conrad, Joseph View in context More results

? References in classic literature

To say that I was distracted with terror would be to put it mildly.

The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

For it seemed obvious to me from what I had learned that, to put it mildly, he was not an impulsive person.

Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context

I judged that the second officer--a callow youth with an unpromising face--was not, to put it mildly, of that invaluable stuff from which a commander's right hand is made.

The Shadow Line by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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