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SEVERAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Considered individually
Example:
the various reports all agreed
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
individual; single (being or characteristic of a single thing or person)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Distinct and individual
Example:
three several times
Classified under:
Similar:
different (unlike in nature or quality or form or degree)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
Example:
several people were injured in the accident
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
some ((quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity)
Context examples:
Of course there was a general stampede, and for several minutes everybody seemed to lose their wits, for the strangest things were done, and no one said a word.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
That all the boys were at their several homes.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Buck tightened the traces, then slacked them for a matter of several inches.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
This made the Tin Woodman very unhappy, for he was always careful not to hurt any living creature; and as he walked along he wept several tears of sorrow and regret.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Lady Frances, as he informed me, had stayed there for several weeks.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“What is that, Aylward?” cried several, leaning on their bows and laughing at him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Several new kinds of plants sprang up in the garden, which they dressed; and these signs of comfort increased daily as the season advanced.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
It was tattooed in several places.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A visit to the bank, where several thousand pounds were found to be lying to the murderer’s credit, completed his gratification.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“It’s a kid!” cried several of the fighting-men.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
