Handful
Handful noun - A small number.
More than a few and handful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "More than a few" instead an adjective "Handful".
Nearby Word: hand
More than a few
Handful and more than a few are semantically related. You can use "Handful" instead an adjective phrase "More than a few".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- special and handful
- special and more than a few
- particular and handful
- particular and more than a few
- many and handful
- many and more than a few
- considerable and handful
- considerable and more than a few
- distinct and handful
- distinct and more than a few
- definite and handful
- definite and more than a few
- little and handful
- little and more than a few
Both terms in one sentence
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In their place is an entirely new army of baddies, a handful of whom share more than a few of their predecessors' characteristics.
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In the later issues of Sonichu, every handful of pages is guaranteed to have more than a few carefully veiled hints that the main characters and the comic creator is straight, and usually more than a few not-so-carefully veiled hints, along the lines of "I, Christian Weston Chandler, am straight".
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There are also, however, several non-humanoids, including a handful of insectoids, a lobster-like species, more than a few quadrapeds or hexapeds... and one that looks like nothing so much as a floating brain.
Source: Rubber-Forehead Aliens
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