several

Definition

  • adjective: more than two but not very many
  • adjective: separate or distinct from one another
  • synonyms: separate, distinct, particular

Examples

  • After college, we each 'went our several ways'. [=(more commonly) 'went our separate ways'; stopped being together]

  • Both spouses are 'jointly and severally' liable for the tax. [=are liable both together and separately]

  • I haven't read all of her books, but I've read 'several'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to see a brother who had a load of them. They took the elder. Me. My name is Bakary. That's my real name. But there were several Bakarys in the neighbourhood so they called me Idriss... somehow it turned into Driss. Then what? Then out of nowhere my mother... I mean my aunt... (..)
    2011 The Intouchables