fewness

[ fyoo-nis ]

/ ˈfyu nɪs /

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noun

the state of being few or small in quantity; paucity.

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Origin of fewness

before 900; Middle English fewenesse,Old English fēawnes.See few, -ness

Words nearby fewness

feverwort, few, few and far between, few bricks shy of a load, fewer, fewness, few words, -fex, fey, Feydeau, Feynman

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 Paine
Many lines signified changes in life, and the fewness of lines spoke of evenness and simplicity.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
Paucity, paw′sit-i, n. fewness: smallness of number or quantity.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
The fewness of adult baptisms, with us, compared with cases of infant baptism, is a good sign.
Bertha and Her Baptism|Nehemiah Adams

The 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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