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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Paucity

/(pa̤"sĭ*ty̆)/ · Pau·ci·ty · IPA /ˈpɔs.ɪ.ti/
01 n. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity; rarity.
  1. 1.
    Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity; rarity.
    “Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the paucity, and the incompleteness, of its communications.” I. Taylor.
  2. 2.
    Smallness of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood.