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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright..
The surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is better than the mealy-mouthed enthusiasm of the lover of nature.
The editors engage in mealy-mouthed apologetics, setting up Orthodox Jews as agents of gentrification, yet they fail to note that it is not white hipsters being beaten but longtime residents of Williamsburg and Crown Heights.
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Mealy-mouthed means Prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright..
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The surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is better than the mealy-mouthed enthusiasm of the lover of nature.
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