Definition/Meaning of several

• English - Adjective: several (comparative more several, superlative most several) (obsolete) Separate , distinct ; particular . 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number): Each several ship a victory did gain. 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], chapter II, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd…
• English - Determiner: several Consisting of a number more than one (especially, more than two) but not very many. Several of the members were absent. Several cars were in the parking lot.
• English - Adverb: several (not comparable) (not comparable) By itself; severally. 1551, Thomas More, “(please specify the Internet Archive page)”, in Raphe Robynson [i.e., Ralph Robinson], transl., A Fruteful, and Pleasaunt Worke of the Best State of a Publyque Weale, and of the Newe Yle Called Utopia: […], London: […] [Steven Mierdman for] Abraham Vele, […], →OCLC: Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns…
• English - Noun: several (plural severals) (obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land). Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail ; an individual . (archaic) An enclosed or separate place; enclosure . (archaic) A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms.
• English - Etymology: From Anglo-Norman several , from Medieval Latin sēparālis , from Latin sēpar (“separate”). By surface analysis, sever + -al . Not related to severe or seven .