Meaning & use
several
More than two or three but not very many; an unspecified small-to-moderate number.
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Several students stayed after class to ask the teacher questions about the exam.
We tried several restaurants before finding one that everyone in the group liked.
A note on using this word
Several suggests a slightly larger, less exact quantity than 'a few,' typically more than three or four.
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