1. Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
   "a mealymouthed politician"
   - mealy-mouthed

See also: indirect

• listeria
• listeria meningitis
• Listeria monocytogenes
• listeriosis
• listing
• listless
• listlessly
• listlessness
• Liston
• Lisu
• Liszt
• lit
• lit crit
• litany
• litas
• litchee
• litchi
• Litchi chinensis
• litchi nut
• litchi tree
• lite
• liter
• literacy
• literal
• literal error