Several

• POS: Adjective, Definite Article
• HYPHEN: sev=er=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

Several, a. [OF., fr. LL. separalis, fr. L. separ separate, different. See Sever, Separate.].

•  Separate; distinct; particular; single.  [1913 Webster]

  "Each several ship a victory did gain."  [1913 Webster]

  "Each might his several province well command,
  Would all but stoop to what they understand."  [1913 Webster]
•  Diverse; different; various.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

  "Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished."  [1913 Webster]

  "Four several armies to the field are led."  [1913 Webster]
•  Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.  [1913 Webster]

Several, adv. 

 By itself; severally.  [1913 Webster]
"Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehoudses."  [1913 Webster]

Several, n. 

•  Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.  [1913 Webster]

  "There was not time enough to hear . . .
  The severals."  [1913 Webster]
•  Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.  [1913 Webster]

  "Several of them neither rose from any conspicuous family, nor left any behind them."  [1913 Webster]
•  An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.  [1913 Webster]

  "They had their several for heathen nations, their several for the people of their own nation."  [1913 Webster]

In several, in a state of separation. [R.] “Where pastures in several be.” Tusser.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Several, adj. & n.
--adj. & n. more than two but not many.
--adj.
1 separate or respective; distinct (all went their several ways).
2 Law applied or regarded separately (opp. JOINT).

Derivative

severally adv.

Etymology

ME f. AF f. AL separalis f. L separ SEPARATE adj.

THESAURUS

Several

a certain number, a few, a number, absolute, assorted, at odds, at variance, certain, concrete, considerable, contrary, contrasted, contrasting, defined, definite, departing, detailed, determinate, deviating, deviative, different, differentiated, differing, disaccordant, disagreeing, discordant, discrepant, discrete, discriminated, disjoined, disparate, dissimilar, dissonant, distinct, distinguished, distributional, distributive, divergent, diverging, divers, diverse, diversified, equal, esoteric, especial, even stephen, exceptional, express, extraordinary, few, fifty-fifty, fixed, half, half-and-half, halvers, heterogeneous, in disagreement, inaccordant, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, independent, individual, inharmonious, inner, intimate, irreconcilable, legion, many, many and various, minute, more, motley, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, nonuniqueness, not a few, noteworthy, numerous, numerousness, of all sorts, one or two, parcel, particular, passel, per capita, per head, personal, pluralism, plurality, pluralness, poles apart, poles asunder, populous, precise, private, pro rata, proportional, proportionate, prorated, respective, separate, separated, single, singular, solipsistic, some, special, specific, sundry, two or three, umpteen, unconformable, unequal, unlike, upwards of, variant, varied, variegated, variety, various, varying, voluminous, widely apart, worlds apart

ROGET THESAURUS

Several

Speciality

N speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity, particularity, peculiarity, idiocrasy, personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, specificness, singularity, reading, version, lection, state, trait, distinctive feature, technicality, differentia, particulars, details, items, counts, minutiae, I, self, I myself, myself, himself, herself, itself, special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive, singular, idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that, yon, yonder, specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona, ad hominem, for my part, each, apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each, seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e, g, i, e, videlicet, viz, to wit, le style est l'homme meme.

Plurality

N plurality, a number, a certain number, one or two, two or three, a few, several, multitude, majority, multitude, plural, more than one, upwards of, some, several, a few, certain, not alone, et cetera, etc, among other things, inter alia, non deficit alter, plurality, a number, a certain number, one or two, two or three, a few, several, multitude, majority, multitude, plural, more than one, upwards of, some, several, a few, certain, not alone, et cetera, etc, among other things, inter alia, non deficit alter.

Multitude

N multitude, numerous, numerosity, numerality, multiplicity, profusion, legion, host, great number, large number, round number, enormous number, a quantity, numbers, array, sight, army, sea, galaxy, scores, peck, bushel, shoal, swarm, draught, bevy, cloud, flock, herd, drove, flight, covey, hive, brood, litter, farrow, fry, nest, crowd, lots, all in the world and his wife, greater number, majority, multiplication, multiple, many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few, Briarean, a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one, some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty, half a dozen, half a hundred, very many, full many, ever so many, numerous, numerose, profuse, in profusion, manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded, galore, thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of, no end of, no end to, cum multis aliis, thick as hops, thick as hail, plenty as blackberries, numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head, and what not, and heaven knows what, endless, their name is 'legion', acervatim, en foule, many- headed multitude, numerous as glittering gems of morning dew, vel prece vel pretio.