of few words


of few words

Laconic; disinclined to speak or converse lengthily. My grandfather was a man of few words, but you always felt safe and loved around him. I always hated getting professors of few words. I mean, if you're going to go into a career in which you talk in front of students every day, you'd think you would be more inclined to actually speak!See also: few, of, word

of few words

Not conversational or loquacious; laconic: a person of few words.See also: few, of, word