This week we continue our vocabulary-building series, “The Closing Word.” Each week we provide a new word to help build your vocabulary and show you an example of how to use it.
This week’s closing word:
Pronounced: (MEE-LEE-mowtht)
Adjective:
hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
Synonyms:
indirect, evasive
From Vocabulary.com: ”When an apple or a peach is mealy, its texture has turned to mush — like bread, which is made from meal. No one likes to get a mouthful of that kind of apple or peach, and no one likes listening to someone who is mealymouthed either. To be mealymouthed is to be indirect and a tad sleazy.”
Example:
“Buyers can usually tell when an agent is being mealymouthed about a home’s flaws. No matter how much you want to sell a home, you should be direct about its qualities.”
