not bad
English
Etymology
This type of rhetorical figure of speech, a form of understatement, is called litotes.
Adjective
- (idiomatic) Reasonably good.
- - What did you think of the guitarist?
- Not bad, but the guitar solo could have been better.
- - What did you think of the guitarist?
Related terms
Translations
reasonably good
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