Rather and Several

Rather

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

Several and rather are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Several" instead an adverb "Rather".

Several

Several adjective - (used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many.
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Synonyms for Several

Rather and several are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Several".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Historical-Domain Character Manfred von Richthofen (the The Red Baron) appears in several WW1 movies, amongst which Wings, Hell's Angels and The Blue Max, and has a rather large role in several movies named after him.
  • Music / Ninja Sex Party Metaphorgotten: Happens several times in "The Ultimate Sandwich", since the sandwich is symbolic in a rather phallic sense.
  • Several people have said that they'd rather play the Shallow Parody of Mario Kart used in the commercial for blur rather then the actual game.
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