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fewness

[ fyoo-nis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of fewness¹

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

From the fewness of the letters we may assume that Snodgrass found them hard work, and it is said he raised on the price.

Many lines signified changes in life, and the fewness of lines spoke of evenness and simplicity.

Paucity, 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.

The fewness of the segments of the abdomen, and their not bearing in two of the orders appendages, is an Entomostracan character.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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