1. Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
   "a mealymouthed politician"
   - mealy-mouthed

See also: indirect

• cross-linkage
• cross-modal
• cross-ply
• cross-pollinate
• cross-pollinating
• cross-pollination
• cross-purpose
• cross-questioner
• cross-refer
• cross-reference
• cross-sectional
• cross-sentential
• cross-shaped
• cross-staff
• cross-stitch
• crossbar
• crossbeam
• crossbench
• crossbencher
• crossbill
• crossbones
• crossbow
• crossbowman
• crossbred
• crossbreed