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FEWNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being small in number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fewness" is a kind of...):
figure; number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)
Derivation:
few (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'a'; a small but indefinite number)