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mealymouthed
(encz) | mealymouthed,vyhýbavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Mealy-mouthed
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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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mealymouthed
(wn) | mealymouthed
adj 1: hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly
as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed
politician" [syn: mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed] |
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Mealy-mouthed
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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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