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mealymouthed

mealymouthed is the alternative form of mealy-mouthed.

Meaning of mealy-mouthed

Adjective

mealy-mouthed (comparative more mealy-mouthed, superlative most mealy-mouthed)

  1. 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.1849, Thoreau, A week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers, page 115

Questions about mealymouthed

What is mealymouthed the alternative form of?
Mealymouthed is the alternative form of mealy-mouthed.

Words near mealymouthed in the dictionary

  1. mealybug
  2. mealybug destroyer
  3. mealybug destroyers
  4. mealybugs
  5. mealymouth
  6. mealymouthed
  7. mealymouthedness
  8. mealymouths
  9. Mealys
  10. mealywing
  11. mealywings

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