to put it mildly , also: to put it lightly AmE

I thought of you more than once, to put it mildly.

He and I were not close, to put it mildly.

To put it mildly, we were not quite right in the head.

But to put it mildly, he is not happy with some of us.

There's no love lost between us, to put it mildly, but I've always been able to do business with you.

"To put it mildly, that has not been the case in recent months."

To put it mildly, he was not in his element.

The firm was, to put it mildly, behind the times.

None of these changes would be popular, to put it mildly.

That seems like a bit of a stretch, to put it mildly.

Then began a day of great anxiety, to put it mildly.

Troops would, to put it mildly, not be happy about that.

The meat came to the table very well done, to put it mildly.

To say he was astonished would be to put it mildly.

For all these things to go wrong at once would be bad luck, to put it mildly.

Sonny would have done anything to go to school, but his family was, to put it mildly, not well off.

Her friend was worse for wear, to put it mildly.

The admiral was not happy with them, to put it mildly.

To say our plans were vague is to put it mildly.

"My father was a very strong character, to put it mildly," his daughter once said.

Their first impression of the house was, to put it mildly, negative.

In fact that letter is surprising, to put it mildly.

To put it mildly, that is an unusual public policy goal.

These relations have cooled, to put it mildly, in recent years.