Few \Few\ (f[=u]), a. [Compar. Fewer; superl. Fewest.]

[OE. fewe, feawe, AS. fe['a], pl. fe['a]we; akin to OS. f[=a]h, OHG. f[=o] fao, Icel. f[=a]r, Sw. f[*a], pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. pay^ros. Cf. Paucity.]

Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. ``Are not my days few?'' --Job x. 20.

Few know and fewer care. --Proverb.

Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.

A few, a small number.

In few, in a few words; briefly. --Shak.

No few, not few; more than a few; many. --Cowper.

The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)