noun
- A small elite group.
- usage: "it was designed for the discriminating few"
adjective
- A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number.
- usage: "a few weeks ago"; "a few more wagons than usual"; "an invalid's pleasures are few and far between"; "few roses were still blooming"; "few women have led troops in battle"
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