Mealymouthed

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of mealy-mouthed. alt-of, alternative

    "If Britain goes down the plug hole, we can't blame three "loadsamoney" bankers, but did they need to be quite so gung-ho about it, and so mealymouthed with their apologies."

Adjective
  1. 1
    hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy wordnet

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abjectadulatoryaffectedbackscratchingbeggarlybland

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"If Britain goes down the plug hole, we can't blame three "loadsamoney" bankers, but did they need to be quite so gung-ho about it, and so mealymouthed with their apologies."

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