| inordinately | adv 1. extremely, immensely, sangat, amat, sungguh: she is ~ proud of her house, dia sangat bangga akan rumahnya; 2. extraordinarily, surprisingly, luar biasa: an ~ large number of the species died of a mysterious disease, sebilangan besar yg luar biasa spesies itu mati akibat penyakit yg tdk diketahui puncanya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| handful | n 1. fistful, genggam; (of st that adheres together) kepal: a ~ of hair, segenggam rambut; a ~ of clay, sekepal tanah liat; 2. small number, bilangan kecil: only a ~ of people came to the meeting, hanya sebilangan kecil orang yg menghadiri mesyuarat itu; 3. (colloq) so., st difficult to control, liar: these children are a real ~, budak-budak ini sangat liar. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| few | a good ~, quite a ~, agak banyak, banyak juga; have had a ~ too many, (colloq) mabuk sedikit, agak mabuk; not a ~, bukan sedikit; the ~, minority, golongan kecil: privileges for the ~, hak-hak istimewa utk golongan kecil; very ~, hanya /segelintir, sebilangan kecil/ saja. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| emulation | n 1. attempting to equal or excel, mengikut jejak: he went into politics in ~ of his brother, dia memasuki politik mengikut jejak abangnya; 2. rivalry, persaingan, pertandingan: the spirit of ~ enters into the majority of games, semangat persaingan dapat dirasakan dlm sebilangan besar perlawanan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| few | ~ and far between, jarang-jarang + approp v: good cooks are ~ and far between, tukang masak yg bagus jarang-jarang ditemui; /a good, quite/ a ~, agak banyak, banyak juga: a good ~ articles have been written on the greenhouse effect, agak banyak makalah yg ditulis ttg kesan rumah hijau; a /man, woman/ of ~ words, (orang yg) tdk banyak bercakap; not a ~, /bukan, tdk/ sedikit: not a ~ people have criticized me for this, bukan sedikit orang yg mengkritik saya ttg hal ini; very ~, hanya /segelintir, sedikit, sebilangan kecil/ saja; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |