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• v  make less severe or harsh
• v  walk daintily
• v  cut into small pieces
• s  affectedly dainty or refined

• Lay accused the prosecutor, for example, of "mincing words" and making bizarre assumptions that made no business sense.
• Funniest when he is most afraid, mincing and smirking as he attempts to placate those immune to pacification, constantly susceptible to reprogramming by nearby bodies or machines .
• Then for a year and a half he became a Fletcherite mincing his mouthfuls with bovine perseverance but not enthusiasm.

• mince
• soften
• moderate
• dainty
• niminy-piminy
• prim
• twee

News & Articles

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• Paladino seeks to have Supt. removed
  Buffalo Developer Carl Paladino is not mincing words about his upcoming assignment as a member of the Buffalo School Board.
  June 27, 2013 - WIVB Buffalo

Quotes

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• Raila Odinga in The Associated Press
  Without mincing words, I am totally against the idea of MPs (members of parliament) adding salaries to themselves arbitrarily,Prime Minister Raila Odinga told journalists during his first news conference since being hospitalized on Monday....
• Derek Simpson in Mirror.co.uk
  An angry Simpson said: "This is no time for mincing words. The party is at best eight months away from a general election. If you want to go down the New Labour route it is suicide. People are sick to the back teeth of that approach. Our people are...