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 "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
The huskies makes wolf songs all about the fewness of fish, and we'd hear mother give father a piece of her mind.
From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger
We are not able to give more than a biographical sketch, but the facts are so interesting, and above all so edifying, as will in some measure compensate for their fewness.
From The Life of Saint Bridget, Virgin and Abbess by Anonymous
They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The author should, perhaps, apologize for the fewness of the citations from other works which this volume contains.
From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by Clark, John Bates
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