sundry

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adjective

sun·​dry ˈsən-drē 

: including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous, various

sundry items/articles

The interior was padded and crammed with little pockets and nets for hatboxes and sundry possessions.

—Graham Robb

Served up with these, were sundry greens, —lichens, mosses, ferns, and fungi.

—Herman Melville

It's not just books on sale anymore—it's CD's, DVD's, greeting cards, stationery, sundry gifts, coffee and baked goods …

—Charles Taylor

… to protect us from colds, broken crockery, and the sundry inconveniences of a royal household.

—Gail Carson Levine

At the same time the populace, reading the news items of his doings and hearing him speak on various and sundry occasions, conceived a great fancy for him.

—Theodore Dreiser

sundry

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pronoun

plural in construction

: an indeterminate number

—usually used in the phrase all and sundry to mean "everyone"

Whenever a crowd gathered, as it did at every stop, we interrogated all and sundry about the events of 1943.

—Samuel Eliot Morison

Cluny lashed out at all and sundry with his tail, foaming at the mouth and cursing wildly …

—Brian Jacques

compare sundries

Examples of sundry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The festival presents music on more than six stages and also offers educational talks, yoga, sustainability workshops, wellness activities and other sundry fun. —Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2024

Indeed, Hammer’s Dracula cycle was still in mid flow, and the poor Count had been reduced to fighting Billy the Kid and Batman in sundry ripoff movies. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024

Though the idea was a big one, CVS was getting a late start on the retail component, since Walgreens, Concentra and sundry others, including Oak Street, were invading what promised to become a gigantic market. —Shawn Tully, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024

Just past the sundry tidbits about Trump—most horrifying, the former president’s ongoing chumminess with Vladimir Putin, a charge that Trump’s campaign denies—there lies a serious history of the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. —Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, different for each, from Old English syndrig, from sundor apart — more at sunder

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Pronoun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing sundry

• all and sundry

Kids Definition

sundry

adjective

sun·​dry

ˈsən-drē

: miscellaneous, several, various

for sundry reasons