To put it mildly

Definition

mild /maÇld / adj ( -er,-est ) ၁။ သိမ္ေမြ႕ေသာ။ သာယာ ညင္းေပ်ာင္းေသာ။ He seems very meek and mild. ❍ He gave a mild answer, in spite of his annoyance. ❍ She's a very mild- mannered person. ၂။ မျပင္းထန္ေသာ။ မျပင္း ေသာ။ a mild punishment ❍ a mild form of a disease ❍ a soap that is mild on the skin. ၃။ (အနံ႔အရသာ) မျပင္း ေသာ။ mild cheese ❍ a mild cigar/ curry. ၄။ (ရာသီဥတု) မေအးလြန္းေသာ။ the mildest winter in living memory ❍ a pleasantly mild climate. ၅။ အနည္းအက်ဥ္း။ အနည္းငယ္။ အေပၚယံယိက။ a look of mild surprise ❍ a mild flirtation. n [U] ( Brit ) မျပင္းေသာ ဘီယာတစ္မ်ဳိး။ two pints of mild. ❏ mildly adv ၁။ သိမ္ေမြ႕စြာ။ ညင္သာစြာ။ ‘Don't frown, Henry,’ his mother said mildly. ၂။ အနည္းငယ္။ mildly amusing ❍ be mildly disappointed. mildness n [U] ❏ to put it mildly [ IDM ] ေလွ်ာ့ေျပာရလွ်င္။ Crime is a complex phenomenon, to put it mildly (ie It is extremely complex).

Examples

1. They were both suffering from a mild bout of flu.
2. Brain injuries ranging from mild to severe
3. He eyed her with mild amusement.
4. There was a note of mild alarm in her voice.
5. He received the mild sentence of a year’s probation.
6. A mild winter
7. Edam is a cheese that is mild and firm.
8. A mild curry
9. A mild soap that’s kind to your skin
10. I was given a mild sedative to help me sleep.
11. The joke caused mild amusement.
12. The economy will slip into a mild recession.
13. Jerry gave the impression of being a rather mild man.
14. Nick spoke in a mild voice.