Idiom
woman of few words
Meaning
A woman who either does not speak much or speaks only for a brief period of time.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My grandmother is a woman of few words.”
“She is a woman of few words, but when she speaks, everyone listens carefully.”
“Although she was a woman of few words, her brief, thoughtful comments often provided the clarity the committee desperately needed.”
Examples
simple
“My grandmother is a woman of few words.”
contextual
“She is a woman of few words, but when she speaks, everyone listens carefully.”
complex
“Although she was a woman of few words, her brief, thoughtful comments often provided the clarity the committee desperately needed.”
Origin
By analogy with man of few words.
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