What does undersay mean?
Undersay means (obsolete) To say by way of derogation or contradiction..
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/ʌndə(ɹ)ˈseɪ/ · verb
(obsolete) To say by way of derogation or contradiction..
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.
Use undersay when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Undersay means (obsolete) To say by way of derogation or contradiction..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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