Equivocating

  • 81quibbling — adj niggling, critical, overnice, carping, captious, ambiguous, cavilling, evasive, casuistic, equivocating, logic chopping OLD pettifogging COLLOQ. hair splitting, nit picking …

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  • 82Jes|u|it — «JEHZH u iht, JEHZ yu », noun. 1. a member of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order of men founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola in 1534. Some of the first explorers in America were Jesuits. 2. a person who is like the conception of… …

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  • 83meal|y-mouthed — «MEE lee MOWTHD, MOWTHT», adjective. unwilling to tell the straight truth in plain words; using soft words insincerely: »a mealy mouthed politician. SYNONYM(S): hollow, insincere, equivocating …

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  • 84wea|sel|ing — «WEE zuh lihng», noun, adjective. Informal. –n. the use of tricky actions or words; equivocation: »precampaign weaseling. –adj. tricky; equivocating; evasive …

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