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Few , a. [Compar. Fewer ; superl. Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. feá, pl. feáwe; akin to OS. fāh, OHG. fō fao, Icel. fār, Sw. få, pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. παῦρος. 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. 20.1913 Webster
Few know and fewer care.
Proverb.1913 Webster☞ Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
1913 WebsterA 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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