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severed us from one another once and for all.
several adj. 1 some, a few, not too or very many, a handful or a
sprinkling or a number of: Several people asked for you at the
party last night. 2 various, sundry, a variety of, diverse,
divers, different, respective, individual, distinct, disparate,
particular, certain, specific, discrete, dissimilar: There are
several stages one must go through before reaching the end.
severe adj. 1 strict, harsh, rigorous, austere, hard, stony,
stony-hearted, hard-hearted, flinty, inexorable, iron-handed,
oppressive, unbending, rigid, uncompromising, relentless,
unyielding, obdurate, pitiless, punitive, merciless,
unsympathetic, unfeeling, cruel, brutal, mean, savage, inhuman,
beastly, ruthless, despotic, dictatorial, tyrannical,
autocratic, demanding, exacting, painstaking, fastidious,
exigent, taxing: Nicholas Nickleby was subjected to extremely
severe treatment at Dotheboys Hall. Mr Bradshaw was a severe
taskmaster. 2 stern, forbidding, dour, glowering, grave, grim,
stiff, strait-laced, serious, unsmiling, sober, cold, frigid,
aloof, austere: If he so much as dropped a spoon the master
would give Nicholas a severe look. 3 dangerous, critical,
dreadful, awful, life-threatening, acute, dire; mortal, fatal,
terminal: She has had a severe attack of the flu. 4 stringent,
punitive, harsh, punishing, burdensome, tough, onerous,
grievous, painful, Draconian or Draconic: There are severe
penalties for breaking the parking laws in this city. 5 harsh,
bitter, cold, inclement, keen, violent, stormy, intense,
turbulent, fierce, wicked: Granny couldn't live through another
severe winter at Fort William. 6 stark, bare, plain, austere,
Spartan, ascetic, primitive, simple, sparse, spare, monastic,
modest, unadorned, unembellished, crude, undecorated,
unembroidered: The severe d‚cor in the servants' quarters gave
the appearance of a prison.
severely adv. 1 acutely, seriously, badly, dangerously, dreadfully;
permanently, fully, entirely: The accident left him severely
handicapped. 2 strictly, harshly, rigorously, austerely,
oppressively, relentlessly, mercilessly, cruelly, brutally,
savagely, inhumanly, tyrannically: The boys were severely
maltreated at the school. 3 sternly, forbiddingly, dourly,
gloweringly, gravely, seriously, grimly, unsmilingly, soberly,
coldly, coolly, austerely: Mrs Gladwin regarded me severely