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few::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | fewness |
a few weeks ago.
a few more wagons than usual.
an invalid's pleasures are few and far between.
few roses were still blooming.
few women have led troops in battle.
Examples of few
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It is generally helpful in advising the writer, but few people who e-mail me do.
From the dailyherald.com
Experts predict that in a few years, more than 25% of all workers will be temps.
From the abcnews.go.com
His weight dropped on schedule, with a few spikes during vacations and holidays.
From the stltoday.com
On several occasions Sarah and Charles have flown within a few feet of Glenshaw.
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They'll likely receive a more detailed redevelopment plan in the next few weeks.
From the stltoday.com
The Berlin Wall was going to come down in a few years and we didn't have a clue.
From the stltoday.com
Sandberg said his client will file a response to the suit in the next few weeks.
From the stltoday.com
With few exceptions, pension funding deficiencies are becoming less of an issue.
From the stltoday.com
There are a few good reasons to make Rose Bowl plans without a Rose Bowl ticket.
From the thenewstribune.com
- A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number; "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle"
- A small elite group; "it was designed for the discriminating few"
- A few(a): more than one but indefinitely small in number; "a few roses"; "a couple of roses"
- (fewness) the quality of being small in number
- Quantity is a kind of property which exists as magnitude or multitude. It is among the basic classes of things along with quality, substance, change, and relation. Quantity was first introduced as quantum, an entity having quantity. ...
- The Few is a term used to describe the Allied airmen of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. It comes from Winston Churchill's phrase "never was so much owed by so many to so few".
- Few people, few things; An indefinite, but usually small, number of; Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of; (US?) Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky; (US? ...
- The amount of sky cover for a cloud layer between 1/8th and 2/8ths, based on the summation layer amount for that layer.
- [JP 1-02] (DoD) In air intercept usage, seven or fewer aircraft. See also many (raid size).
