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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mealy-mouthed \Meal"y-mouthed`\, a. Using soft words; not straightforward; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; speaking deviously; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. Opposite of frank or blunt. "Mealy-mouthed philanthropies." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] -- Meal"y-mouth`ness, n. [1913 Webster]