ADJECTIVE
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hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
a mealymouthed politician
How To Use mealy-mouthed In A Sentence
- And, not to be too mealy-mouthed, it was not fun to use.
- At the same time there is a reaction to the mealy-mouthed media laziness that culturally equates ‘urban’ and ‘black’.
- He repeated that he did not intend to be mealy-mouthed with the country's leaders.
- The paper produced by the church council was untrusting and mealy-mouthed.
- Most people felt Mr Major fought a pretty mealy-mouthed campaign in which radical ideas were either dropped or blunted.
- Rebecca is supposed to have her faults, such as being weak and mealy-mouthed.
- But when Economics Professor Romer says to his students: "Appropriate government subsidies could encourage a socially optimal level of R&D," this is both mealy-mouthed and misleading. California Energy Tax Proposal, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- Most people felt Mr Major fought a pretty mealy-mouthed campaign in which radical ideas were either dropped or blunted.
- After a succession of mealy-mouthed CBI presidents, content to simmer on the back burner, Sir John, a former Jaguar boss, has roared his desire for the heat of battle.
- Also, the mealy-mouthed reference to taxi deregulation is unworthy of the document.
