'Mealy-mouthness' definitions:

Definition of 'Mealy-mouthness'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]

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