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fewly

fewly adverb: in small numbers.

Adverb

fewly (comparative more fewly, superlative most fewly)

  1. (nonstandard, rare, chiefly non-native speakers' English) In small numbers.
    • "Yes," said Bruno; "but they went so slowly and so fewly, I didn't care to count them."1893, Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Matilda Jane”, in Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 78

Forms of fewly

comparativemore fewly
superlativemost fewly

Origin of fewly

From few + -ly.

Questions about fewly

What does fewly mean?
Fewly means in small numbers.
What part of speech is fewly?
Fewly is an adverb.

Words near fewly in the dictionary

  1. fewest and furthest between
  2. fewfold
  3. Fewkes
  4. fewl
  5. fewls
  6. fewly
  7. fewmet
  8. fewmets
  9. fewness
  10. fewnesses
  11. fewnomial

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