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Found 2 items, similar to few.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: few
few
adj : a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often
preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number;
“a few
weeks ago”;
“a few more wagons than usual”;
“an
invalid's pleasures are few and far between”;
“few
roses were still blooming”;
“few women have led troops
in battle” [ant:
many]
few
n 1: an indefinite but relatively small number;
“they bought a
case of beer and drank a few”
2: a small elite group;
“it was designed for the discriminating
few”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Few
Few
\Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar.
Fewer (f[=u]"[~e]r); superl.
Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin
to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl.,
Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf.
Paucity.]
Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
indicating a small portion of units or individuals
constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people.
“Are not my days few?” --Job x. 20.
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Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
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Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
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A few, a small number.
In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.
No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.
The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the
majority.
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