单词 | mealy-mouthed |
释义 | mealy-mouthed (once / 50082 pages) adj WORD FAMILY mealy-mouthed USAGE EXAMPLESAsked if a religious registry could happen, Trump’s coterie has offered mealy-mouthed denials and left openings to proceed. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) Your husband was mealy-mouthed when he ought to have been useful, and you have every right to ask for his public support in the future. Slate(Oct 25, 2016) Instead, they were mealy-mouthed cover-ups of activity in the years leading up to the crisis. New York Times(Aug 09, 2016) adj hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy Syn mealymouthed indirect extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action |
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