- not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously.
- a small number or amount: Send me a few.
- a special, limited number; the minority: That music appeals to the few.
- a small number of persons or things: A dozen people volunteered, but few have shown up.
- at widely separated intervals; infrequent: In Nevada the towns are few and far between.
- a fairly large number; many: There were quite a few interesting things to do.
- a small number of; hardly any
- (as pronoun; functioning as plural)
- (preceded by a)
- a small number of
- (as pronoun; functioning as plural)
- several
- few and far between
- at great intervals; widely spaced
- not abundant; scarce
- to consume several (or too many) alcoholic drinks
- several
- a small number of people considered as a class
