fewness

[ fyoo-nis ]

noun

1. the state of being few or small in quantity; paucity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fewness¹

before 900; Middle English fewenesse, Old English fēawnes. See few, -ness

Example Sentences

The size of the army and the fewness of the roads did that.

From Literature

Their fewness as compared with Irish place names is what strikes a native of Ireland with astonishment.

From Project Gutenberg

They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain.

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"Not many wise," said Paul, and their fewness has left an impress on the history of the church.

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They are conspicuously contracted in the fewness of the witnesses which they deem worthy of credence.

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Related Words

• dearth
• insufficiency
• smallness