Meaning of undersay | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To say by way of derogation or contradiction.
   obsolete
2. To understate.

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

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