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mealymouthed |
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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