several
adjective/ˈsevrəl/
/ˈsevrəl/
(formal)- separate
- They said goodbye and went their several ways.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySeveral is used with these nouns:- instance
- occasion
- reason
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ ‘separate, different’.Definitions on the go
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