fewly

English

Etymology

From few +‎ -ly.

Adverb

fewly (comparative more fewly, superlative most fewly)

1. (rare, nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) In small numbers.
   • 1893, Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Matilda Jane”, in Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, London, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 78:

     "Yes," said Bruno; "but they went so slowly and so fewly, I didn't care to count them."