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Fewness

Fewness \Few"ness\, n.

  1. The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity.
    --Shak.

  2. Brevity; conciseness. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fewness

Old English; see few (adj.) + -ness.

Wiktionary
fewness

n. The state, quality, or condition of being few.

WordNet
fewness

n. the quality of being small in number

Usage examples of "fewness".

Like every other branch of the folk, the People of the Sea were growing frightened at the fewness of their buddings, so he was able to convince them to part with a couple of spuderlets.