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fewness

[fyoo-nis] / ˈfju nɪs /


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The size of the army and the fewness of the roads did that.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

The very fewness of their numbers proved it, else why should they too not have fallen away.

From To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

We are not able to give more than a biographical sketch, but the facts are so interesting, and above all so edifying, as will in some measure compensate for their fewness.

From The Life of Saint Bridget, Virgin and Abbess by Anonymous

There seemed to be a great many of the attacking party, and she recalled Fairfax’s misgivings concerning the fewness of the garrison.

From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison

They came to it almost immediately; he was to wonder afterwards at the fewness of their steps.

From The Wings of the Dove, Volume II by Henry James




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