"pussyfooting" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2018, Patrick Gale, Friendly Fire:",
          "text": "[…] spoke about homosexuality, with no pussyfootings like continence. He cited texts from St Paul and Leviticus to show that it was a sin and warned them not to be swayed […]",
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