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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. {Fewer}; superl. {Fewest}.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS fe['a], pl fe['a]we; akin to OS f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw f[*a], 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. Note: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fewer adj : (comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of "fewer birds came this year"; "the birds are fewer this year"; "fewer trains were late" [ant: {more(a)}]
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