Harry,
Several can mean more than one, but in the context you used it, it normally
means more than 2, but less than "many".

If you need any help with your wordplay let me know.


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Did you receive your book yet Chuck?
You planning to ask every day?
Sheesh.

When did I ask prior to this Harry?

Sheesh...indeed.
Several times today already.
Actually twice, not several. You do know the difference, eh?

So when did I ask prior to those 2 times today?
Several has a number of meanings, but when used as a quantifier, the
first definition in most professional dictionaries is is "more than
one."

Bzzzt. Wrong again Harry.

Really? Gee, the first enumerative definition in the OED says (more than
one). Later, it defines the word as meaning "two or three."

You own a dictionary that trumps the OED? I doubt it.

Even the cheap Merriam-Webster defines several thusly:

2 a : more than one several pleas b : more than two but fewer than
many moved several inches


Note the FIRST definition: more than one.

Buy yourself a real dictionary.





Most people understand that the word 'several' means more than 2 or 3 but
not many.

Think what you like Harry.


As I stated, word play is not your thing. Your argument is with the
editors of the OED and with the editors of other professional
dictionaries.





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