sundry

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adjective

sun·​dry ˈsən-drē How to pronounce sundry (audio)
: 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
For whatever reason, the creators of The Walking Dead and various and sundry other shows these days have forgotten the very first lesson of writing fiction: show, don’t tell. Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 The company also sells energy drinks in sundry flavors, sodas, shakes and more. Brock Keeling, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 2024 Firstly, the fossil fuel revenues keep grinding to a halt due to disputes involving Turkey, Baghdad and sundry oil producers in the region. Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024 Not enough revenue was generated to cover player salaries, ballpark rental, transportation, housing and additional sundry expenses. Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2024 That wide banner term includes tools as varied as text- or facial-recognition programs, chatbots, and of course sundry tools to clone voices and generate deepfakes or rights-free images with odd numbers of fingers. Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024 The plan was built on the four indictments and sundry civil suits, all brought by Democratic partisans (led by the Biden Justice Department). Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024 The same year, Trump hit $362 billion in Chinese imports, raising our prices for sundry products from semiconductors to computer equipment, furniture to video gear. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023 And his traditional Republican policy priorities are being championed by sundry other candidates. The Editors, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023

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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

Time Traveler
The first known use of sundry was in the 14th century

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Cite this Entry

“Sundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sundry. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

sundry

adjective
sun·​dry
ˈsən-drē
: miscellaneous, several, various
for sundry reasons
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