fewness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fewness
before 900; Middle English fewenesse, Old English fēawnes. See few, -ness
Example Sentences
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The size of the army and the fewness of the roads did that.
From Literature
Their fewness as compared with Irish place names is what strikes a native of Ireland with astonishment.
From Project Gutenberg
They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain.
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"Not many wise," said Paul, and their fewness has left an impress on the history of the church.
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They are conspicuously contracted in the fewness of the witnesses which they deem worthy of credence.
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