00768927-a 'hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy';
 
Chinese (simplified) 拐弯 抹角 , 说话 婉转 , 转弯 抹角 说 , 说话婉转 , 油腔滑调 , 油腔滑调+的 , 说话婉转+的 , 拐弯抹角 , 拐弯抹角+的 , 转弯抹角说
English mealymouthed , mealy-mouthed
Definitions
English
hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
― a mealymouthed politician
Japanese
例えば臆病または偽善からのように、直接、単に事実または意見を述べることをためらう
― はっきりものを言わない政治家
Relations
Similar to: indirect
Semantic Field: alla
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