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Few (f), a.[Compar.Fewer (); superl.Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe, pl. fewe; akin to OS. fh, OHG. f fao, Icel. fr, Sw. f, pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf. Paucity.] Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few?" Job x. 20. Few know and fewer care. Proverb. Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. A few, a small number. In few, in a few words; briefly. Shak. No few, not few; more than a few; many. Cowper. The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority.
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