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Word between "several" and "many"?

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chenshujian
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06 April 2012 at 11:10am | IP Logged 
Is there a word between "several" and "many"?

(I mean more than "several" but a little bit less than "many".)

Edited by Fasulye on 09 April 2012 at 3:47am
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06 April 2012 at 12:05pm | IP Logged 
A fair amount?
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06 April 2012 at 5:06pm | IP Logged 
I think you will find that some of the less precise terms are slippery, and that not everybody would put them in the same order. Mostly we have imprecise terms and idioms like:
  • some
  • a few
  • not too many
  • not very many
  • a handful
  • a number of
  • a bunch of
  • a lot of
  • a scattering
  • a smattering
  • numerous
  • (a) myriad
  • innumerable
  • tons of
  • scads of
  • multitudinous


And I'm sure I've forgotten quite a few others.
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11 April 2012 at 8:20pm | IP Logged 
Some idiomatic sayings would be, "quite a few" or "a bit".

Other than that, "a number of" or "a bunch of" would be fine.
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17 April 2012 at 11:07pm | IP Logged 
My first thought was "quite a few" as well...


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