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several definition

sev·eral (sev′ər əl, sev′rəl)

adjective

  1. existing apart; separate; distinct; individual
  2. different; respective parted and went their several ways
  3. more than two but not many; of an indefinite but small number; few
  4. Chiefly Dial. quite a few; many
  5. Law of or having to do with an individual person; not shared or joint

Etymology: ME < Anglo-Fr < ML separalis < L separ, separate, back-form. < separare: see separate

plural noun

an indefinite but small number (of persons or things)

pronoun

several persons or things; a few

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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