To put it lightly?
Hi teachers!
I came across the sentence below and did not understand 'to put it midly'
"Wednesday was a rough night for Clayton Kershaw, to put it lightly."
Of course I look up the words in my dictionary, which was satisfying, then I searched it online but had no results.
On Google, I found 'to put it mildly' only. So my question is
1. Are to put it lightly and to put it mildly the same in meaning?
3. Then are the synonyms of to put it mildly ?
4. Does to put it lightly mean to put it simply?
5. What I learned about 'to put it simply' is that it means 'simply saying' or 'in a word' and wonder I know correctly.
As always thank you so much!
P.S. I am a huge Dodgers fan here in Korea and so sad for its elimination from the autumn series. ??
Top answer
I haven't heard or read ' to put it lightly '. The common expression is to put it mildly. Clive
- I haven't heard or read ' to put it lightly '.
- The common expression is to put it mildly.
- Clive
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I haven't heard or read 'to put it lightly'. The common expression is to put it mildly.
Clive
0You can just about forget about "to put it lightly". It's hardly ever used in comparison to "to put it mildly".
These expressions indicate that you are understating the facts. Things were much more extreme or dramatic than your words are saying.
(They don't mean "simply stated" or anything like that. You're not explaining something complicated in a simple way.)
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