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sundry
[suhn-dree]
adjective
various or diverse.
sundry persons.
sundry
/ ˈʌԻɪ /
determiner
several or various; miscellaneous
pronoun
all the various people, individually and collectively
noun
(plural) miscellaneous unspecified items
also called: extra.cricket a run not scored from the bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye
Other Word Forms
- sundrily adverb
- sundriness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sundry1
Idioms and Phrases
all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually.
Free samples were given to all and sundry.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
Now, in Britain, a group of bodybuilders, personal trainers and sundry gym rats have stepped unto the breach.
Whether the mold is real is immaterial; her retinue of advisers, oligarchs and sundry quacks must behave like it is.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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