Definitions for: Mealy-mouthed

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: indirect, mealymouthed

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