- being more than two but fewer than many in number or kind: several ways of doing it.
- respective; individual: They went their several ways.
- separate; different: several occasions.
- single; particular: an examination of each several case.
- binding two or more persons who may be sued separately on a common obligation.
- several persons or things: He's written ten novels, and several have sold very well.Several of my friends are divorced.
- more than a few; an indefinite small number
- (as pronoun; functioning as plural)
- various; separate
- distinct; different
- capable of being dealt with separately; not shared
