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Using soft
words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling
to tell the truth in plain language. "Mealy-mouthed
philanthropies." Tennyson.

She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature
speaks so plain.

L'Estrange.

-- Meal"y-mouth`ness (#), n.

Mean (mēn), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Meant (m&ebreve;nt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Meaning.] [OE. menen, AS.
m&aemacr;nan to recite, tell, intend, wish; akin to OS.
mēnian to have in mind, mean, D. meenen, G.
meinen, OHG. meinan, Icel. meina, Sw.
mena, Dan. mene, and to E. mind. √104.
See Mind, and cf. Moan.] 1. To
have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to
purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

What mean ye by this service ?

Ex. xii. 26.

Ye thought evil against me; but God meant it
unto good.

Gen. 1.

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