few
/fjuː/ particle A2- An indefinite, but usually small, number of. · There are a few cars (=some, but a relatively small number) in the street.· Quite a few people (=a significant number) were pleasantly surprised.
- Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of. · Very few did she have not to go there, did she?· I was expecting a big crowd at the party, but very few people (=almost none) turned up.
- Obscuring one to two oktas (eighths) of the sky. · Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight.
- (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated.
Comparative fewer · Superlative fewest
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But the Scarecrow seized the oil-can from Dorothy’s basket and oiled the Woodman’s jaws, so that after a few moments he could talk as well as before.
There were few birds in this part of the forest, for birds love the open country where there is plenty of sunshine.
They turned and walked through the forest a few steps, when Dorothy discovered something shining in a ray of sunshine that fell between the trees.
After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven.
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