- Fewness
- Fewness Few"ness, n.
1. The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Brevity; conciseness. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Fewness
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fewness — index insufficiency, paucity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Fewness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fewness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fewness fewness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 paucity paucity small number Sgm: N 1 small quantity small quantity &c. 32 Sgm: N 1 rarity rarity Sgm: N 1 infrequenc … English dictionary for students
fewness — noun see few II … New Collegiate Dictionary
fewness — /fyooh nis/, n. the state of being few or small in quantity; paucity. [bef. 900; ME fewenesse, OE feawnes. See FEW, NESS] * * * … Universalium
fewness — noun The state, quality, or condition of being few … Wiktionary
fewness — sb. Ps. ci. 24 … Oldest English Words
fewness — few·ness || fjuËnɪs n. scarcity, meagerness, scantiness … English contemporary dictionary
fewness — n. Paucity, small number … New dictionary of synonyms
fewness — few·ness … English syllables
fewness — noun the quality of being small in number • Derivationally related forms: ↑few • Hypernyms: ↑number, ↑figure … Useful english dictionary
