sundry
IPA: sˈʌndri
noun
- A minor miscellaneous item.
- A food item eaten as an accompaniment to a meal; a side dish; also, such an item eaten on its own as a light meal.
- (chiefly Australia, cricket) Synonym of extra (“a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat”)
adjective
- More than one or two but not very many; a number of, several.
- Of various types, especially when numerous; diverse, varied.
- Consisting of an assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
- (archaic) Chiefly preceded by a number or an adjective like many: of two or more similar people or things: not the same as other persons or things of the same nature; different, distinct, separate. (Contrast sense 5.2.)
- (obsolete)
- Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one; individual, respective.
- Of a person or thing: not the same as something else; different. (Contrast sense 4.)
- (except Scotland) Not attached or connected to anything else; physically separate.
adverb
- Synonym of asunder (“into separate parts or pieces”)
- (archaic) Placed separately; apart.
- (obsolete) Individually, separately; sundrily.
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Examples of "sundry" in Sentences
- I apologize in advance to all and sundry.
- Decorations and sundry goods are sold at the fair.
- Dandeli offer more than the sundry outings and picnics.
- Some of the older sundry shops in this town include these.
- The construction program was executed by sundry contractors.
- Native American discusses the varied and sundry terminology.
- The participants there participate for varying and sundry reasons.
- If the idea appeals to all and sundry, I'll submit it to sourceforge.
- The usual and sundry Grobanite is not the demographic Blender shoots for.
- Apparently, the sultanates of Somalia are already known to all and sundry.
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