Several
['sev(ə)r(ə)l] or ['sɛvrəl]
Definition
(adj.) distinct and individual; 'three several times' .
(adj.) (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many; 'several letters came in the mail'; 'several people were injured in the accident' .
Typist: Zamenhof--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Separate; distinct; particular; single.
(a.) Diverse; different; various.
(a.) Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.
(adv.) By itself; severally.
(n.) Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual.
(n.) Persons oe objects, more than two, but not very many.
(n.) An inclosed or separate place; inclosure.
Checker: Mae
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Separate, distinct, particular, single.[2]. Various, manifold, different.[3]. Sundry, divers, more than one or two, not a great many.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Separate, distinct, diverse, sundry, divers, various, different
ANT:One, same, identical, indistinguishable, inseparable, united, total, integral
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Definition
adj. distinct: particular: different: various: consisting of a number: sundry.—n. a woman's loose outer garment capable of being worn as a shawl or in other forms.—adv. Sev′erally.—n. Sev′eralty sole tenancy of property.
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Examples
- Several motor cars. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Lubbock made drawings for me, with the camera lucida, of the jaws which I dissected from the workers of the several sizes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- While there are several distinct parts of this device, each having its individual function, they may be considered as a whole under the general term of the escapement. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- You perceive several places where it has passed across and obliterated the more shallow mark of the front one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He could see a trail through the grass where horses had been led to the stream to drink and there was the fresh manure of several horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As I did so I struck against an elderly, deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Many of them are aimed at gas, and there are several grim summaries of death and fires due to gas-leaks or explosions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I have noticed you go past our house, sir, several times in the course of the last week or so. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He left his dead and nearly all his wounded in our hands, and about four hundred prisoners and several hundred horses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After several severe skirmishes, in which the enemy was defeated, General Steele reached Camden, which he occupied about the middle of April. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Putting out my hand I felt several coats hanging from the wall, and I understood that I was in a passage. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Several streetcars passed, full of people going home. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The rapidity with which he insisted on travelling, bred several disputes between him and the party whom he had hired to attend him as a guard. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Several cases are on record of the same species presenting varieties in the upper and lower parts of the same formation. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- You are travelling several laps ahead of me, my friend, I interrupted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This lost to us the use of his troops for several weeks from the defence of the North. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He had several times been recommended for a brigadier-generalcy for gallant and meritorious conduct. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Several originals! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I had amongst my scholars several farmers' daughters: young women grown, almost. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In this family several hen birds unite and lay first a few eggs in one nest and then in another; and these are hatched by the males. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I was informed he wrote several small occasional works, but only one of them was printed, which I remember to have seen several years since. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- All Athens accompanied us for several miles. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- During the repast, she had occasion to speak several times, when Georgy eyed her and listened to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It occurred to me several times that we should have got on better, if we had not been quite so genteel. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I have done it not once but several times. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mr Riderhood very slowly and hoarsely chimed in, with several retrospective nods of his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There must have been several in the party, said Jane, who had joined them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mr. Luffey retired a few paces behind the wicket of the passive Podder, and applied the ball to his right eye for several seconds. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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