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Mealy-mouthed   Listen
adjective
Mealy-mouthed  adj.  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."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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