underspeak
Meanings
verb
- To speak with understatement and/or modesty.
- To fail to say enough; to be too taciturn.
- To speak without sufficient emphasis or volume.
- To speak at the same time as and more quietly than another.
noun
- Speech that is characterized by understatement.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From under- + speak.
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