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Mealy [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having the qualities of meal; soft; smooth to the feel.

2. Like meal; farinaceous; soft, dry and friable; as a mealy potato; a mealy apple.

3. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as the mealy wings of an insect.

Mealy [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.

2. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect.

Mealy-mouthed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Literally, having a soft mouth; hence, unwilling to tell the truth in plain language; inclined to speak of any thing in softer terms than the truth will warrant.

Mealy-mouthed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.

Mealy-mouthedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Inclination to express the truth in soft words, or to disguise the plain fact; reluctance to tell the plain truth.