Mealy-mouthed \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." --Tennyson.
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She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks
so plain. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster] -- {Meal"y-mouth`ness}, n.
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