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• s  hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
  a mealymouthed politician

• These days, too many people who would squelch reporting and expression couch their threats in mealymouthed terms "watch what you say," and so on so as to avoid being .
• BALDRIGE: It's not a time to be mealymouthed.
• If the Democrats want to win in 2008, they can't be mealymouthed on issues of national security.

• mealy-mouthed

News & Articles

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• 'The Daily Show' Hits a Bull's-Eye: Stand Your Ground Laws Are Racist and Wrong
  Until now, the debate over Stand Your Ground laws has taken a lot of mealymouthed turns around race and Second Amendment rights, but The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams finally puts it all in an indignant nutshell. In case you missed it, a verdict came down this week in the murder case of Jordan Davis, 17, who was killed in 2012 after 47-year-old Michael Dunn opened fire on the car ...
  Feb. 19, 2014 - Takepart.com via Yahoo! News