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fewnesses

fewnesses is the plural of fewness.

Meaning of fewness

Noun

fewness (usually uncountable, plural fewnesses)

  1. (usually) The state, quality, or condition of being few.
    • They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain.1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, that Part especially now called England; from the first traditional Beginning, continued to the Norman Conquest. Collected out of the antientest and best...
    Synonyms:
    paucity, scantiness

Questions about fewnesses

What is fewnesses the plural of?
Fewnesses is the plural of fewness.

Words near fewnesses in the dictionary

  1. fewls
  2. fewly
  3. fewmet
  4. fewmets
  5. fewness
  6. fewnesses
  7. fewnomial
  8. fewnomials
  9. fewscore
  10. fewsome
  11. fewte

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