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Meaning of mealy-mouthed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright.

Equivalents

Deutsch ausweichend gewunden mit mehligem Mund sich windend
Français hypocrite
Nederlands huichelachtig
Русский виляющий двуличный неискренний уклончивый

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

mealymouthed mean mean as a snake mean spirited mean-spirited meanable

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