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few. Few, a. not many, belonging to a small number

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Few (fū), a. [Compar. Fewer (?); superl. Fewest.] [[OE. fewe, feawe, AS. feá, pl. feáwe; akin to OS. fāh, OHG. fō fao, Icel. fār, Sw. få, pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. παυ̑ροσ. Cf. Paucity.]] Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; — indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting 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.