undersay — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

1. To say by way of derogation or contradiction.

   Gebrauch

   • außer Gebrauch

   Beispiele

   They say, they con to heaven the highway; But by my soul I dare undersay, They never set foot on that same troad, But balke their right way, and strayen abroad.

2. To understate.

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   My words undersay it, of course; I mean something rarer than critical, something better than ethical, and perhaps I had better retreat upon such a word as spiritual.

   How to undersay things when so many oversay them is one thing learnt.

   Try not to overqualify or undersay what you have to say.