(adj) hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy, Syn.mealy-mouthed, Example: a mealymouthed politician
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
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.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
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