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Mealy-mouthed

Mealy-mouthed Meaning & Definition
Mealy-mouthed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mealy-mouthed?

[adj] hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mealy-mouthed: indirect | mealymouthed

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mealy-mouthed: ambiguous | artful | circumlocutory | deceitful | equivocal | equivocating | euphemistic | hesitant | hypocritical | indirect | mincing | oily | periphrastic | reluctant | reticent | roundabout | slick | unctuous | vague

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Mealy-mouthed In Webster's Dictionary

\Meal"y-mouthed`\, a. Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. ``Mealy-mouthed philanthropies.'' --Tennyson. She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. --L'Estrange. -- {Meal"y-mouth`ness}, n.

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