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Webster 1913 Edition


Fewness

Few′ness

,
Noun.
1.
The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.
Shak.
2.
Brevity; conciseness.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fewness

FEW'NESS

, n.
1.
Smallness of number; paucity.
2.
Paucity of words; brevity. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


fewness

fewness

English

Noun

fewness (usually uncountable, plural fewnesses)

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being few.
    • 2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader (page 625)
      There are, says the Irish triad, 'three fewnesses that are better than plenty: a fewness of fine words; a fewness of cows on grass; a fewness of good friends around good ale'. As an Ulsterman I would agree.

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