About The Word Few
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What's The Definition Of Few?
[n] a small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"
[n] an indefinite but relatively small number; "they bought a case of beer and drank a few" [adj] (quantifier used with count nouns; often preceded by `a') a small 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Few: a couple of(a) | a few(a) | hardly a(a) Related Terms | Find terms related to Few: cursory | depthless | footling | handful | hardly any | inconsequential | inconsiderable | insignificant | least | little | littlest | low | lowest | meager | miniature | minim | minimum | negligible | no great shakes | not many | occasional | of small number | petty | picayune | picayunish | precious little | rare | scarce | scarcely any | scattering | seldom | shallow | short | shortest | skin-deep | slightest | small | smallest | smatter | smattering | spatter | spattering | sporadic | sprinkling | superficial | tiny | trifling | trivial | uncommon | unfrequent See Also | elite | fewer | small indefinite amount | small indefinite quantity | some(a) Few In Webster's Dictionary \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. {Fewer}; 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
constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
people. ``Are not my days few?'' --Job x. 20.
Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.
Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
{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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