I am a man of words

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha man of few wordsa man of few wordsTALK TO somebodya man who does not talk very much  Being a man of few words, his message was short and to the point. → manExamples from the Corpusa man of few words• He had a clear scientific mind but was self-effacing, modest, and a man of few words.• I am therefore a man of few words and I have been very brief throughout my professional career.• Blitherdick, usually a man of few words, had become lachrymose about Blenkinsop's enjoyment of a good wine.• He was a man of few words except when he mounted the stage to recite his poetry.• He was a man of few words but many graphic gestures.• He was a man of few words in any case, Maggie noted.• Bill Templeman was a man of few words.

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That man was Xavier Cortada, a gay man who wrote of his frustration that he and his partner of eight years were unable to marry.

• He looks like a man who should have had kids, but now never will.

• Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

• The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.

• The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

• He remembered something—the cherished pose of being a man plunged fathoms-deep in business.

• On the thirteenth of the same month they bound to the stake, in order to burn alive, a man who had two religious in his house.

  A man who can be expected to keep or follow through with his promises or intentions; a truthful, trustworthy, or reliable person. (Feminine: "a woman of her word.") Bob, I'm a man of my word. If I tell you I'll be at your house tomorrow morning at 10, then that's when I'll be there. I've found Martin to be a man of his word so far, so I'm confident he'll get us the best deal possible. If Ted said that he'll help you move, then he'll definitely be here—he's a man of his word.

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  What does I'm a man of my word mean?

  a person who can be trusted to keep a promise; a reliable person. See full dictionary entry for word.

  What does it mean to be a man of your words?

  idiom (also woman of her word) people who do what they say they will do: He is obviously a man of his word, a man of integrity.