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mealy-mouthed
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Princeton's WordNet
mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed(adj)
hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
"a mealymouthed politician"
Wiktionary
mealy-mouthed(Adjective)
prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright
Etymology: Possibly from Mehl im Maule behalten via Martin Luther
Webster Dictionary
Mealy-mouthed(adj)
using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mealy-mouthed in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mealy-mouthed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of mealy-mouthed in a Sentence
To the right it sounds mealy mouthed, and to the left sounds patronizing.
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