Speaking without litotes

You use litotes when, instead of saying something directly, you say the negation of its opposite.  People do this all the time, for example, when A asks, "What's up?" and B answers, "Not much."  Without litotes, B would have answered:  "Little."

Here is another example, and this is from George Orwell:  "A not unblack dog was chasing a not unsmall rabbit across a not ungreen field."  Without the three litotes, that would have been:  "A black dog was chasing a small rabbit across a green field."  See how ridiculous that sounds with litotes?

So here is a last example, and this one is about what happened to me just yesterday night:  With litotes, I did not win the powerball, which wouldn't have been all that dramatic, but without litotes, I lost the powerball  :(  Sometimes, contemplating language can really get you depressed ...