several Definition

several
adj

1. More than a few, but not a great number.

Example: I had several drinks that night
Thesaurus: some, a few, divers, a number of, a handful of.
2. Various or assorted.

Example: They were all there with their several backgrounds
Thesaurus: various, manifold, multiform, assorted, sundry, disparate, diverse.
3. Different and distinct; respective.

Example: They went their several ways
4. law.
Separate; not jointly.

pronoun

1. Quite a few people or things.

Derivative: severally
adj

formal
Separately or singly.
Example: travelling severally
Thesaurus: discretely, individually, exclusively, alone, singly; Antonym: simultaneously, together.

Etymology: 15c: French, from Latin separalis, from separare to separate.