not to say
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English
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]- Even; perhaps; almost.
- c. 1962, Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff, “Wake of the Waves”, in Deborah A. Starr, Sasson Somekh, editors, Mongrels Or Marvels, Stanford University Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 145:
- At first Marc was somewhat shocked, then he burst out laughing and finally came to the conclusion that actually it was all rather sad, not to say stupid.
Translations
[edit]even; perhaps; almost
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Phrase
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “that’s not to say”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.