sundry

[ suhn-dree ]

/ ˈsʌn dri /

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adjective

various or diverse: sundry persons.

Nearby words

sundown, sundowner, sundress, sundries, sundrops, sundry, sundry shop, sundsvall, sunfast, sunfish, sunflower

Idioms

all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually: Free samples were given to all and sundry.

Origin of sundry

before 900; Middle English; Old English syndrig private, separate, equivalent to syndr- (mutated form of sundor asunder) + -ig -y¹; akin to sunder

Related formssun·dri·ly, adverbsun·dri·ness, noun

Definition for sundry (2 of 2)

sundries

[ suhn-dreez ]

/ ˈsʌn driz /

plural noun

sundry things or items, especially small, miscellaneous items of little value.Compare notion(def 6).

Origin of sundries

First recorded in 1805–15; noun plural use of sundry

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Examples from the Web for sundry

Again and again we were told by sundry Middle East experts that the wise mullahs had every interest in maintaining a stable Iraq.
Iraq Is Not Our War Anymore. Let It Be Iran’s Problem.|Christopher Dickey|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her goal is not just the acquisition of knowledge on sundry subjects.
Barbara Ehrenreich Gives God a Going Over in Her New Book|Nick Romeo|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For the past four decades and more, since he shot to fame in Easy Rider, he has been known to all and sundry simply as “Jack”.
Jack Nicholson Deserves a Better Biography Than This|Christopher Bray|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They need to read tea-leaves, divine the intentions of all and sundry, and work their publics into a froth based on those efforts.
The Case For A Less-Guarded Optimism|Emily L. Hauser|July 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The couturier famously traveled the world on scouting trips, looking to draw design inspiration from sundry cultures.
Paris' Sad Galliano Expo|Tracy McNicoll|June 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST
At that period the father of the present owner was still living, and for sundry reasons had the greatest confidence in me.
The Freebooters|Gustave Aimard
Our day's sport, besides the monkey, was confined to sundry small green parrots and a few toucans.
A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World|Charles Darwin
Its approach is made known by sundry sudden changes and tremblings, and always by a nodding of the head.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457|Various
He had been trotting gently down one of the side streets, his wagon laden with full milk cans and with sundry bundles.
Ethel Morton at Chautauqua|Mabell S. C. Smith
He did not recall every particular of the story, but sundry items of it were quite distinct.
True and Other Stories|George Parsons Lathrop

British Dictionary definitions for sundry

sundry

/ (ˈsʌndrɪ) /

determiner

several or various; miscellaneous

pronoun

all and sundry all the various people, individually and collectively

noun plural -dries

(plural) miscellaneous unspecified items

also called: extra Australian cricket a run not scored from the bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye

Word Origin for sundry

Old English syndrig separate; related to Old High German suntarīg; see sunder, -y 1

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Word Origin and History for sundry (1 of 2)

sundry

adj.

Old English syndrig "separate, apart, special," related to sundor "separately" (see sunder). Phrase all and sundry first recorded 1389; sundries "odds and ends" is first found 1755.

sundry

adjective

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sundries

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sundry

determiner

pronoun

noun plural -dries

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