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[ suhn-dree ] / ˈsʌn dri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sundry ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivevarious or diverse: sundry persons. Idioms for sundryall and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually: Free samples were given to all and sundry.
Origin of sundrybefore 900; Middle English; Old English syndrig private, separate, equivalent to syndr- (mutated form of sundorasunder) + -ig-y1; akin to sunder OTHER WORDS FROM sundrysun·dri·ly, adverbsun·dri·ness, nounWords nearby sundrysundowner, sundress, sun-dried, sundries, sundrops, sundry, sundry shop, Sundsvall, sunfast, sunfish, sunflower Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sundryAgain 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
determinerseveral or various; miscellaneous pronounall 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 sundryOld English syndrig separate; related to Old High German suntarīg; see sunder, -y 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with sundryThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to sundryvarious, assorted, different, manifold, many, several, some, varied, divers, quite a few |