Meal·y-mouthed a. Using soft words; not straightforward; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; speaking deviously; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. Opposite of frank or blunt. “Mealy-mouthed philanthropies.”
She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. --L'Estrange.
-- Meal*y-mouth*ness n.
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mealy-mouthed
adj : hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as
from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed
politician" [syn: mealymouthed]
mealymouthed
adj : hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as
from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed
politician" [syn: mealy-mouthed]