fewness
[ fyoo-nis ]
noun
the state of being few or small in quantity; paucity.
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How to use fewness in a sentence
From the fewness of the letters we may assume that Snodgrass found them hard work, and it is said he raised on the price.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineMany lines signified changes in life, and the fewness of lines spoke of evenness and simplicity.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantPaucity, paw′sit-i, n. fewness: smallness of number or quantity.
The fewness of adult baptisms, with us, compared with cases of infant baptism, is a good sign.
Bertha and Her Baptism | Nehemiah AdamsThe fewness of the segments of the abdomen, and their not bearing in two of the orders appendages, is an Entomostracan character.
A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 2 of 2) | Charles Darwin
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