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What does if not mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word if not? Here's what it means.

Adverb
  1. used to link a semantically weaker word to a semantically stronger word following the adverb, both sharing the same basic meaning, indicating the increased likelihood of the former
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I think I've made it abundantly clear over the years that I'm nothing if not a charitable guy.
Saturday's stage was only a warm-up in comparison to this, the toughest stage of the Pyrenees if not the entire Tour.
Good biopics struggle to present a truth, if not the truth, about their subjects.
But while his poetry can be overly abstruse, his literary criticism is accessibly sophisticated, if not uniformly engaging.
Some of them had not been seen for months, if not years, and one in ten staff was unavailable because of absence.
They passed the time of day, and chatted for a few minutes, as dozens, if not hundreds or more, students then went to their next classes.

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