Meaning : A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'. A small but indefinite number.
Example :
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.
A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'. Amounting to a large but indefinite number.
Many temptations.