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say it: SEV-ruhl
several is an adjective meaning "(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many". It carries 3 recorded senses.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
“several letters came in the mail”
“several people were injured in the accident”
considered individually
“the respective club members”
“specialists in their several fields”
“the various reports all agreed”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for several come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.