Handful
Handful noun - A small number.
Particular and handful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Particular" instead an adjective "Handful".
Nearby Word: hand
Particular
Particular adjective - Hard to please.
Handful and particular are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Handful" instead an adjective "Particular".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The last two in particular render cyber-bodies immune to all but a handful of specific attacks.
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Ever since Darío, Nicaragua had a particular fondness for poetry and if you have met a handful of Nicaraguans, you will most likely have met someone considering themself a poet.
Source: Useful Notes / Nicaragua -
Gives them a handful of powers which, while unique to that particular vampire, are usually influenced by their vampiric "ancestors".
Source: Literature / Anita Blake
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