not to say



not to say

As well as; in addition to being. Used to indicate a stronger, more emphatic, or more candid description to what has just been written or spoken of. I think it would be an incredibly ill-advised, not to say downright foolish, not to accept his offer at this point in time. His behavior is boorish, not to say contemptible.
See also: not, say

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LeytonLAY-tənEnglish (Rare)
Ford[fɔ:d]
Haywood['heiwud]
Vittorino-Italian
Albertinaahl-ber-TEE-nah (Italian, German)Italian, German, Dutch, Portuguese
SamuelSAM-yoo-əl (English), SAM-yəl (English), sah-MWEL (Spanish), SAH-moo-el (Swedish, Finnish)English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Dani