• (a.) Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.
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Meal'y-mouthed` adjective 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....Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/37
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