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 very fewness of their numbers proved it, else why should they too not have fallen away.
From To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
"Not many wise," said Paul, and their fewness has left an impress on the history of the church.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
It may be seen judging by these letters, that there was not any other cause for the fewness of such but the full occupation of his time alluded to so frequently.
From The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter by Wellington, Duke of
Toombs, who was always looking at Cuffee, pronounced him “rich in the fewness of his wants.”
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
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