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not bad

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1. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingadjective

   very good

   "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

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1. not badadjective

   Reasonably good.

2. Etymology: This type of rhetorical figure of speech, a form of understatement, is called litotes.

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1. not bad

   In rhetoric, litotes (, or US: ), also known classically as antenantiosis or moderatour, is a figure of speech and form of verbal irony in which understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive, often incorporating double negatives for effect. Litotes is a form of understatement, more specifically meiosis, and is always deliberate with the intention of emphasis. However, the interpretation of negation may depend on context, including cultural context. In speech, it may also depend on intonation and emphasis; for example, the phrase "not bad" can be intonated differently so as to mean either "mediocre" or "excellent". Along the same lines, litotes can be used as a euphemism to diminish the harshness of an observation; "He isn't the cleanest person I know" could be used as a means of indicating that someone is a messy person.The use of litotes is common in English, Russian, German, Yiddish, Dutch, Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Ukrainian, Polish, Mandarin, French, Czech and Slovak, and is also prevalent in a number of other languages and dialects. It is a feature of Old English poetry and of the Icelandic sagas and is a means of much stoical restraint.The word litotes is of Greek origin (λιτότης), meaning "simplicity", and is derived from the word λιτός, litos, meaning "plain, simple, small or meager".

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1. not bad

   "Not bad" is a phrase used to express mild approval, satisfaction or a moderately positive opinion about something or someone. It usually means that something is better than average or expected, albeit not reaching the level of being highly impressive or exceptional. The term can also be used to convey that while something may not be perfect or ideal, it is still acceptable or satisfactory.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of not bad in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of not bad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of not bad in a Sentence

1. Manu Ginobili:

   It's not bad to win games like that, nothing is easy in the NBA and we knew that the Knicks were playing great and feeling good about themselves and that we had to play much better than we have been to get this win -- and I think we did.

2. Larry Millete:

   All my children are taught and practice safety to include gun safety at an early age. It’s a sport and hobby we all enjoy, not all gun owners are evil villains. A firearm is a tool. You have to practice using that tool to become proficient incase you ever need it (sic) utilize it. Firearms are not bad as they are often portrayed to be.

3. Jay Seawell:

   We're golf and I don't have the demands that he has, but there still is the pressures of it and the demands, and the extra stuff that goes with winning, which are good, they're not bad but they do wear on you mentally, and the expectations do. After you build it, sometimes what you build can eat you, if you're not careful.

4. John Kelly:

   Let me step back and tell you that the vast majority of the people that move illegally into United States are not bad people. They're not criminals. They're not MS13, but they're also not people that would easily assimilate into United States into our modern society.

5. Khalid Jone:

   Trump, Wilders, these people are not bad people, they are just misled, everyone is responsible to try and engage in dialogue with them. That is the only way we will be able to live together in this world.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Not_Bad
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Bad
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