sundry
1 of 2adjective
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
Graham RobbServed up with these, were sundry greens, —lichens, mosses, ferns, and fungi. Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleIt's not just books on sale anymore—it's CD's, DVD's, greeting cards, stationery, sundry gifts, coffee and baked goods … Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor… to protect us from colds, broken crockery, and the sundry inconveniences of a royal household. Gail Carson Levine
Gail Carson LevineAt 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
Theodore Dreisersundry
2 of 2pronoun
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 MorisonCluny lashed out at all and sundry with his tail, foaming at the mouth and cursing wildly … Brian Jacques
compare sundries Samuel Eliot MorisonCluny lashed out at all and sundry with his tail, foaming at the mouth and cursing wildly … Brian Jacques
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022 The news that an oligarch wanted in the U.S. for various and sundry crimes was secretly funding the American president’s lawyer would, in a perfect world, be a scandal unto itself. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2022 The store is a mass of shelves filled with tools and various sundry items. Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 20 July 2022 Behind that national downshift are astounding reversals in sundry cities that were thriving just months ago. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 July 2022 In 2021, Blackstone garnered just over half of the $7.8 billion in earnings available for distribution to shareholders from the fees and performance bonuses on its sundry, high-return property funds. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 July 2022 Uber’s Delivery division fared little better, with an EBITDA loss of $348 million also adjusted to exclude all one-off items and sundry other costs that typically factor heavily into the bottom line. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 July 2022 Alford, a professor emeritus at Northern Virginia Community College who has also written a biography of John Wilkes Booth, offers no thesis to unify the sundry interactions, coincidences and ironies of his material. Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 Early fans include sundry Kardashians and the rapper A$AP Rocky, who wore a repurposed quilt of Mr. Linsetz’s design to the Met Gala in 2021. Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 21 May 2022 See More
Adjective
Temple City, a suburb of LA, has indeed imposed a maximum size of 800 square feet, along with sundry requirements including a mandate that an owner must remove the existing driveway prior to getting a permit. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022 The news that an oligarch wanted in the U.S. for various and sundry crimes was secretly funding the American president’s lawyer would, in a perfect world, be a scandal unto itself. Casey Michel, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2022 The store is a mass of shelves filled with tools and various sundry items. Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 20 July 2022 Behind that national downshift are astounding reversals in sundry cities that were thriving just months ago. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 July 2022 In 2021, Blackstone garnered just over half of the $7.8 billion in earnings available for distribution to shareholders from the fees and performance bonuses on its sundry, high-return property funds. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 14 July 2022 Uber’s Delivery division fared little better, with an EBITDA loss of $348 million also adjusted to exclude all one-off items and sundry other costs that typically factor heavily into the bottom line. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 July 2022 Alford, a professor emeritus at Northern Virginia Community College who has also written a biography of John Wilkes Booth, offers no thesis to unify the sundry interactions, coincidences and ironies of his material. Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 Early fans include sundry Kardashians and the rapper A$AP Rocky, who wore a repurposed quilt of Mr. Linsetz’s design to the Met Gala in 2021. Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 21 May 2022 See More 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
Kids Definition
sundry
adjective
sun·dry ˈsən-drē
: more than one or two : various
We disagreed for sundry reasons.
sundry
adjective
as in various
formal made up of different things sundry items for sundry reasons Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- various
- assorted
- varied
- miscellaneous
- diverse
- disparate
- messy
- chaotic
- multifarious
- divergent
- incorporated
- myriad
- combined
- composite
- messed
- heterogeneous
- mixed
- multiple
- indiscriminate
- manifold
- eclectic
- patchwork
- magpie
- promiscuous
- motley
- raggle-taggle
- littered
- kitchen-sink
- cluttered
- ragtag
- multiplex
- intermixed
- disordered
- fused
- muddled
- amalgamated
- mingled
- confused
- piebald
- intermingled
- conglomerate
- dishevelled
- jumbled
- disheveled
- disarranged
- commingled
- blended
- merged
- disarrayed
- farraginous
- commixed
- hybrid
- unclassified
- unsorted
- conglomerated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- same
- individual
- uniform
- like
- identical
- separate
- distinct
- monolithic
- distinctive
- alike
- homogeneous