Antonyms for fews
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fyoo |
| Phonetic Transcription : fyu |
Definition of fews
Origin :- Old English feawe (plural; contracted to fea) "few, seldom, even a little," from Proto-Germanic *faw-, from PIE root *pau- (1) "few, little" (cf. Latin paucus "few, little," paullus "little," parvus "little, small," pauper "poor;" Greek pauros "few, little," pais (genitive paidos) "child;" Latin puer "child, boy," pullus "young animal;" Oscan puklu "child;" Sanskrit potah "a young animal," putrah "son;" Old English fola "young horse;" Old Norse fylja "young female horse;" Old Church Slavonic puta "bird;" Lithuanian putytis "young animal, young bird"). Always plural in Old English.
- Phrase few and far between attested from 1660s. Unusual ironic use in quite a few "many" (1883), earlier a good few (1828). The noun is late 12c., fewe, from the adjective.
- Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. [Winston Churchill, 1940]
- As in sprinkling : noun hint, dash
- As in minority : noun an outnumbered group
- I loafed a fews days in Fort George, sort of thinking I might hear from you.
- Extract from : « North of Fifty-Three » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
- Albert Gallatin had remained his friend, but his connections, the Fews and Nicholsons, had ignored the author they once idolized.
- Extract from : « The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) » by Moncure Daniel Conway
Synonyms for fews
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