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sundry

[ suhn-dree ]

adjective

  1. various or diverse:

    sundry persons.



sundry

/ ˈʌԻɪ /

determiner

  1. several or various; miscellaneous
“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

pronoun

  1. all and sundry
    all the various people, individually and collectively
“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

noun

  1. plural miscellaneous unspecified items
  2. also calledextra cricket a run not scored from the bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye
“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
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܲd· adverb
  • ܲd·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sundry1

before 900; Middle English; Old English syndrig private, separate, equivalent to syndr- (mutated form of sundor asunder ) + -ig -y 1; akin to sunder
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sundry1

Old English syndrig separate; related to Old High German ܲԳٲī; see sunder , -y 1
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually:

    Free samples were given to all and sundry.

More idioms and phrases containing sundry

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Example Sentences

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Once upon a time, the accomplished filmmaker Robert Eggers was a serious 9-year-old in small-town Lee, N.H., methodically making his way through his school library’s series on various and sundry monsters.

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She got busted by the FCC, handed over her $500 or so worth of equipment in lieu of a $10,000 fine, and went to work writing about motorcycles and sundry adventures for the L.A.

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Murders, sundry lesser crimes and a tense climax aside, “Renegade Nell” is light-hearted, cheeky and something short of high-toned in that peculiar British way.

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Now, in Britain, a group of bodybuilders, personal trainers and sundry gym rats have stepped unto the breach.

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Whether the mold is real is immaterial; her retinue of advisers, oligarchs and sundry quacks must behave like it is.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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