Word Meanings - SEVERAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Separate; distinct; particular; single. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope. 2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties,

Additional info about word: SEVERAL

1. Separate; distinct; particular; single. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope. 2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties, several, and to be distinguished. Bacon. Four several armies to the field are led. Dryden. 3. Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many; divers; sundry; as, several persons were present when the event took place.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SEVERAL)

• Various
• Different
• diverse
• multiform
• multitudinous
• several
• sundry
• uncertain
• manifold
• diversified

Related words: (words related to SEVERAL)

• MANIFOLD
  1. Various in kind or quality; many in number; numerous; multiplied; complicated. O Lord, how manifold are thy works! Ps. civ. 24. I know your manifold transgressions. Amos v. 12. 2. Exhibited at divers times or in various ways; -- used to qualify
• DIFFERENTIALLY
  In the way of differentiation.
• SUNDRY
  1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. "Sundry wines." Chaucer. "Sundry weighty reasons." Shak. With many a sound of sundry melody. Chaucer. Sundry foes the rural realm surround. Dryden. 2. Separate; diverse. Every church almost had
• DIFFERENTLY
  In a different manner; variously.
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• DIFFERENT
  1. Distinct; separate; not the same; other. "Five different churches." Addison. 2. Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; different states of health; different
• SUNDRYMAN
  One who deals in sundries, or a variety of articles.
• UNCERTAINLY
  In an uncertain manner.
• MULTITUDINOUS
  1. Consisting of a multitude; manifold in number or condition; as, multitudinous waves. "The multitudinous seas." Shak. A renewed jingling of multitudinous chains. G. Kennan. 2. Of or pertaining to a multitude. "The multitudinous tongue." Shak.
• SEVERAL
  1. Separate; distinct; particular; single. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope. 2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties,
• MULTIFORMITY
  The quality of being multiform; diversity of forms; variety of appearances in the same thing. Purchas.
• MANIFOLDED
  Having many folds, layers, or plates; as, a manifolded shield.
• SEVERALITY
  Each particular taken singly; distinction. Bp. Hall.
• SEVERALLY
  Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey.
• DIFFERENTIA
  The formal or distinguishing part of the essence of a species; the characteristic attribute of a species; specific difference.
• DIVERSIFIABLE
  Capable of being diversified or varied. Boyle.
• SEVERALTY
  A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. Estate in severalty , an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in
• DIFFERENTIATE
  To acquire a distinct and separate character. Huxley.
• DIVERSELY
  1. In different ways; differently; variously. "Diversely interpreted." Bacon. How diversely love doth his pageants play. Spenser. 2. In different directions; to different points. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail. Pope.
• MULTIFORMOUS
  Multiform.
• INDIFFERENTLY
  In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to
• OVARIOUS
  Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. Thomson.