: 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 Dreiser
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 Morison
Samuel Eliot MorisonCluny lashed out at all and sundry with his tail, foaming at the mouth and cursing wildly …—Brian Jacques
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Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025
What makes the all-star combo’s run feel like a flashback is that Yoshi’s pivoted after the SFJAZZ Center opened in 2013, deemphasizing jazz in favor of R&B, blues, soul, funky pop and sundry cover bands (hello, Fleetwood Mask).
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
He was suitably charmed by my tales of sundry kookiness and gold lying in the streets.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2024
These were two completely different engines, and yet each was installed in sundry Ford vehicles at assembly plants in both countries.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2025
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To impose variable tariffs across all trading partners — with hard to follow and sundry carveouts, retaliatory triggers, national security exemptions, and modification authorities — requires more than presidential intent.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025
What makes the all-star combo’s run feel like a flashback is that Yoshi’s pivoted after the SFJAZZ Center opened in 2013, deemphasizing jazz in favor of R&B, blues, soul, funky pop and sundry cover bands (hello, Fleetwood Mask).
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
He was suitably charmed by my tales of sundry kookiness and gold lying in the streets.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2024
These were two completely different engines, and yet each was installed in sundry Ford vehicles at assembly plants in both countries.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Sundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sundry. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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