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mea·ly-mouthed
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Princeton's WordNet
mealymouthed, mealy-mouthedadjective
hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
"a mealymouthed politician"
Wiktionary
mealy-mouthedadjective
prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright
Etymology: Possibly from Mehl im Maule behalten via Martin Luther
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mealy-mouthed
Mealy-mouthed refers to a person who is not straightforward or clear in expressing their views, often to avoid offending someone or sounding offensive. It can also refer to someone who tends to avoid telling the truth directly or lacks forthrightness.
Webster Dictionary
Mealy-mouthedadjective
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.
They know that they got caught, so they never even addressed that, they just issued these mealy-mouthed statements, but what I would say to ’60 Minutes’ and the American people, they have so much contempt for their viewers to try to gaslight them like this.
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