sundry
Americanadjective
idioms
determiner
pronoun
noun
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(plural) miscellaneous unspecified items
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also called: extra. cricket a run not scored from the bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye
Other Word Forms
- sundrily adverb
- sundriness noun
Etymology
Origin of sundry
before 900; Middle English; Old English syndrig private, separate, equivalent to syndr- (mutated form of sundor asunder ) + -ig -y 1; akin to sunder
Example Sentences
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And the third section highlights individuals who, like locations, represent the sundry specificities of the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
The impetus is all artificial intelligence, which needs those megacomputers to store and process sundry sources of data that will train its programs—including, what do ya know, your personal-account uploads.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2024
“Superego,” “James Bonding,” “I Was There Too,” “Mallwalkin’” — these are but a sampling of the Gourley podcast universe, to say nothing of his sundry appearances on shows like “Comedy Bang! Bang!”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023
"Having gone through a battle in the courts to tell all and sundry that it is my house, that it was sold fraudulently, has now born fruit," Mr Hall said.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023
They brought word of ships waylaid for smuggling by Customs men, goods that could no longer be imported, and sundry losses.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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