Frequently vs Several - What's the difference?
frequently | several |
At frequent intervals.
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Separate, distinct; particular.
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* Alexander Pope
A number of different; various. (Now merged into later senses, below)
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* Francis Bacon
* Dryden
Consisting of a number more than two or three but not very many; diverse.
* 1784 , William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c. ,
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, title= By itself; severally.
* Robynson (More's Utopia)
(obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).
Each particular taken singly; an item; a detail; an individual. (rfex)
(archaic) An enclosed or separate place; enclosure. (rfex)
As adverbs the difference between frequently and several
is that frequently is at frequent intervals while several is by itself; severally.As a determiner several is
separate, distinct; particular.As a noun several is
(obsolete) an area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).frequently
English
Adverb
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Synonyms
* as often as not, often, oftenly, oftentimes, occasionallySee also
* eventually English frequency adverbsseveral
English
Alternative forms
* severall (obsolete)Determiner
(en determiner)- He had a religion apart: a God severall unto himselfe, whom his subjects might no waies adore.
- So one thing may be good and bad to several parties, upon diverse occasions.
Ideas coming down the track, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
- Each several ship a victory did gain.
- Each might his several province well command, / Would all but stoop to what they understand.
- habits and faculties, several , and to be distinguished
- Four several armies to the field are led.
preface:
- The favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Per?ons of the fir?t di?tinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ?everal new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and di?tingui?h it from others ; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public.
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- Several people were killed and around 150 injured after a high-speed train hit a car on a level crossing and derailed tonight.
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
Derived terms
* several states * severallySee also
* severAdverb
(-)- Every kind of thing is laid up several in barns or storehouses.