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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mealy-mouthed  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mealymouthed 
  adj  :  hesitant  to  state  facts  or  opinions  simply  and  directly  as 
  from  e.g.  timidity  or  hypocrisy;  "a  mealymouthed 
  politician" 




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