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is an adjective and pronoun. As an adjective, it is only used with plural countable nouns (several people but not several furniture) and is more positive in implication than a few. However, unlike a few, several cannot be qualified by an adverb such as quite or only.

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adjective

1. Consisting of a number more than two or three but less than many: divers, some, sundry, various. See big/small/amount.
2. Distinguished from others by nature or qualities: discrete, distinct, separate, various. See same/different/compare.

adj

Definition: assorted, various
Antonyms: individual, joint, none, one, single

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Separate; individual; indepen- dent.

In this sense, the word several is distinguished from joint. When applied to a number of persons, the expression severally liable usually implies that each person is liable alone.

See: joint and several liability.

For a list of words related to severally, see:

• Reflections and References

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See words rhyming with "several."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Several.

Common misspelling(s) of several

• severeal

Dansk (Danish)
det. - flere, adskillige
pron. - flere, adskillige
adj. - flere, adskillige, en del, forskellige, respektive

Nederlands (Dutch)
enkel(e), enig(e), wat, verschillende, verscheidene, een aantal

Français (French)
pron. - plusieurs
adj. - plusieurs, respectif (sout)
n. - plusieurs

Deutsch (German)
adj. - einige, mehrere, verschiedene
n. - Messe, Verschiedene
pron. - einige, mehrere

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αρκετοί, μερικοί, επί μέρους, (νομ.) ιδιαίτερος
n. - μερικοί

Italiano (Italian)
parecchi

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - diversos, distinto, respectivo

Русский (Russian)
некоторое число или количество, несколько, отдельный, особый, свой, индивидуальный, делимый

Español (Spanish)
det. - algunos, unos cuantos, varios
pron. - algunos, unos cuantos, varios
adj. - algunos, diversos, varios, diferente, distinto, separado, diferentes, distintos, individual, particular, respectivo, respectivos
n. - varias personas, varias cosas

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - flera, åtskilliga, enskild, särskild
n. - flertal
pron. - flera, åtskilliga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
几个的, 数个的, 各不相同的, 各自的, 几个, 数个

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
det. - 幾個的, 數個的, 各不相同的, 各自的
pron. - 幾個, 數個
adj. - 幾個的, 數個的, 各不相同的, 各自的

한국어 (Korean)
det. - 몇 겹으로, 몇 배로
pron. - 몇몇, 몇 사람, 몇 마리
adj. - 몇몇의, 각각의, 독자적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 多くの, 別々の, それぞれの, 単独の, いくつかの, めいめいの, 異なった
n. - いくつか

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مختلف, متعدد (الاسم) بضعه, عدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
det. - ‮כמה (יותר משניים), אחדים‬
pron. - ‮כמה, אחדים‬
adj. - ‮נפרדים, שונים‬

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