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   several

   /ˈsɛv(ə)rəl/

   determiner

   • 1. more than two but not many: "the author of several books" Similar somea number ofa fewnot very manya handful ofa small group ofvariousa variety ofassortedsundrydiverseliterary:diversOpposite a lotmany

   adjective

   • 1. separate or respective: "harmony resulted from this distinct recognition of their several responsibilities" Similar respectiveindividualownparticularspecificseparatedifferentdiversedisparatedivergentdistinctdiscretevarioussundryOpposite joint
   • ▪ applied or regarded separately.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ ‘separate, different’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

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