Online Google Dictionary

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Adjective
/ˈsev(ə)rəl/,
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More than two but not many,
  1. Separate or respective
    • - the two levels of government sort out their several responsibilities
  2. Applied or regarded separately

Determiner
  1. More than two but not many
    • - the author of several books
    • - Van Gogh was just one of several artists who gathered at Auvers
    • - several of his friends attended
  1. several(a): (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"
  2. respective(a): considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed"
  3. several(p): distinct and individual; "three several times"
  4. (severally) independently: apart from others; "the clothes were hung severally"
  5. (severally) respectively: in the order given; "the brothers were called Felix and Max, respectively"
  6. An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land); Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual; An enclosed or separate place; enclosure; By itself; severally; Separate, distinct; particular. [15th-19th c.]; A number of different; various. ...
  7. (severally) separately
  8. (Severally) Partners are individually responsible for decisions made.
  9. individual, separate or distinct. The several states would be the separate, individual states, such as New York, Virginia, Georgia, etc.
  10. a group of more than 2 or 3 objects but not many
  11. V (Roman numeral for five)