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Definition of few : 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.

Synonyms:

in the minority, sporadic, hardly a, less, infrequent, several, hardly any, a small number of, seldom, a couple of, scarcely any, not too many, scant, a few, widely spaced, straggling, scattered, thin, rare, few and far between, any, some, inconsiderable

miserly, insufficient, scarce, negligible, niggardly, sparse, minimal, minimum, spotty

compact, scanty, little, short, succinct, brief, concise, narrow, puny, small, minute, low, paltry, delicate, diminutive, meager

Usage examples:

• It's only a few years." - "Jane Cable", George Barr McCutcheon.
• Charley will be here in a few minutes. - "By Right of Purchase", Harold Bindloss.
• No, very few men. - "The Reckoning", Robert W. Chambers.