sundry

UK: /ˈsʌndri/ US: /ˈsʌndri/ ,(sun′drē)

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sun•dry /ˈsʌndri/   adj. [before a noun]

1. differing:
   various and sundry articles.

Idioms

2. Idioms all and sundry, everybody:
   The company gave out free samples to all and sundry.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

sun•dry  (sun′drē), adj. 

1. various or diverse:
   sundry persons.
2. all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually:
   Free samples were given to all and sundry.

• bef. 900; Middle English; Old English syndrig private, separate, equivalent. to syndr- (mutated form of sundor asunder) + -ig -y¹; akin to sunder

sun′dri•ly, adv. 
sun′dri•ness, n. 

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sundry / ˈsʌndrɪ/ determiner

1. several or various; miscellaneous

pronoun

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

noun ( -dries)

1. (plural) miscellaneous unspecified items

Etymology: Old English syndrig separate; related to Old High German suntarīg; see sunder, -y¹