several: Meaning and Definition of
sev•er•al
Pronunciation: (sev'ur-ul, sev'rul), [key]
— adj.
- being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind: several ways of doing it.
- respective; individual: They went their several ways.
- separate; different: several occasions.
- single; particular.
- binding two or more persons who may be sued separately on a common obligation.
—n.
- several persons or things; a few; some.
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