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Definition: Sundry |
SundryAdjective1. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards. Noun1. Miscellaneous unspecified artifacts; "the trunk was full of stuff". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sundry" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Sundry \Sun"dry\, adjective. [from Old English expression sundry, sondry, Anglo-Saxon syndrig, from sundor asunder. See Sunder, transitive verb]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SundrySynonyms: assorted (adj), miscellaneous (adj), mixed (adj), motley (adj), sundry(a) (adj), stuff (n), sundries (n), whatchamacallit (n), whatsis (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Multitude | Adjective: many, several, sundry, divers, various, not a few; Briarean; a hundred, a thousand, a myriad, a million, a quadrillion, a nonillion, a thousand and one; some ten or a dozen, some forty or fifty; half a dozen, half a hundred; very many, full many, ever so many; numerous; numerose; profuse, in profusion; manifold, multiplied, multitudinous, multiple, multinominal, teeming, populous, peopled, crowded, thick, studded; galore. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sundry |
| English words defined with "sundry": Poly ♦ Sundrily ♦ Too many. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sundry": Æson's Bath ♦ Arthurian Romances ♦ Bracelet ♦ Clelia, Collywobbles, court officer, Coxeyites ♦ Scotch Breakfast, STEWARD/STEWARDESS, CHIEF, CARGO VESSEL. (references) |
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Consumer Goods | |||
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![]() | Sundry seal sketches from the author's portfolio. Plate VIII, page 74. On St. Paul Island. In: "Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska." By United States Treasury Department, Special Agents Division. 1898. Volume III. Credit: Treasures of the Library. | ![]() | Plate 28. Sundry seal sketches on the Pribylov Islands. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | The inconveniences of one kind have caused sundry others to be devised; so that in a word, all public regiment, of what kind soever, seemeth evidently to have risen from the deliberate advice, consultation and composition between men, judging it convenient and behoveful; there being no impossibility in nature considered by itself, but that man might have lived without any public regiment, Hooker's Eccl. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It seems that while Madame Magloire was out making provision for supper, she had heard the news in sundry places. |
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Economic History | India | It is not unusual for negotiations to drag on for years and be held up at more than one of the sundry levels within the Indian bureaucracy for long periods with no discernible movement or reason given for lack of progress. (references) |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The Government had without necessity received from the people a large surplus, which, instead of being employed as heretofore and returned to them by means of the public expenditure, was deposited with sundry banks. |
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| "Sundry" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sundry" is used about 184 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 184 | 22,714 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sundry": All and sundry ♦ sundry expenses ♦ sundry income. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "sundry": all-and-sundry. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sundry | 53 |
goods shop sundry | 42 |
dealer goods sundry wholesale | 18 |
goods in india sundry | 13 |
sundry jar | 12 |
goods sundry | 7 |
sonnet sundry | 6 |
debtors sundry | 6 |
goods importer sundry | 4 |
artistic ginastica manifestation sundry | 3 |
glass jar sundry | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sundry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i ndryshëm (alias, another, assorted, different, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, new, other, otherwise, unlike, variant, various), disa (any, certain, couple, divers, several, some, umpteen, various). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقالات متنوعة, متنوع (assorted, different, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, omnifarious, several, variant, varied, various), متعدد (diverse, diversified, manifold, multiple, numerous, varied, various), مختلف (contradictory, contrastive, different, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, diversified, several, unlike, variant, various), عدة (apparatus, equipage, equipment, gang, kit, outfit, several, tackle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разни (miscellaneous, various), няколко (several, some, umpteen, various). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 各式各 (sun-dried). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozmanitý (diverse, diverting, miscellaneous, multifarious, various), rozlièný (manifold, several), rùzný (different, diverse, miscellaneous, several, variant, varied, various). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | diverse udgifter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | muuta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | divers. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verschiedene (deserve, miscellaneous, several, umpteen, various). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διάφοροι (several). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שו ים (miscellaneous, sundries, varied, various). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | többfajta, különféle (divers, miscellaneous, multifarious, multiform, several, various), különböző (different, differing, dissimilar, distinct, diverse, several, various). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | diversi (different, divers, other, others, several). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 細細した . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "ま"ました. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 잡다한 (miscellaneous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scarrit (detached, disconnected, disengaged, distinguished, disunited, divorced, parted, separated, spaced), anchaslyssagh (differential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | undrysay variados, vários (divers, manifold, several, some, umpteen, various), quotizações (levies), miudezas (oddments, odds and ends), diversos (divers, manifold, several), de várias espécies, coisas diversas, artigos variados. (various references) variat (assorted, different, manifold, multifarious, multitudinous, varied, various), felurit (different, diverse, manifold, multifarious, multiple, multitudinous, variant, varied, various), divers (different, diverse, medley, motley, multifarious, multitudinous, several, varied, various), diferit (alien, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, divers, diverse, manifold, medley, otherwise, several, unlike, varied, various), deosebit (apart, choice, different, differently, dissimilar, distinct, distinguished, divergent, diverse, especial, excellent, extra, in a class by itself, particular, peculiar, peculiarly, profoundly, remarkable, separate, singular, special, specific, strange, uncommon, unlike, unusual, variant, varied), amestecat (amalgamate, combined, divers, involved, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, mobbish, motley, promiscuous, scratchy, so so, varied, various). (various references) различный (different, separate, several, variant, varied, various). (various references) sušen na suncu (sun-dried). (various references) varios (divers, several, some), diversos (discriminatively, divers). (various references) diverse (divers, miscellaneous, miscellany, sundries, various). (various references) ต่างๆ. (various references) türlü (hodgpodge, hotchpotch, mixed vegetables, olio, Olla, varied, variegated, various), muhtelif, birtakım (some), çeşitli (assorted, different, differently, divers, diverse, diversified, manifold, medley, miscellaneous, multifarious, varied, various). (various references) різний (different, divers, diverse, odd, several, variant, varied, various). (various references) tạp nhạp, lặt vặt (fiddle-faddle, fiddling, odd, peddling, petty). (various references) amrywiol, amryw (several, various), amryfal (manifold, various). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Hebrews Chapter 1, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | PolumerwV kai polutropwV palai o qeoV lalhsaV toiV patrasin en toiV profhtaiV ep escatwn twn hmerwn toutwn elalhsen hmin en uiw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Multifariam et multis modis olim Deus loquens patribus in prophetis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | God, that spak sum tyme bi prophetis in many maneres to oure fadris, at the |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | God in tyme past diversly and many wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Hebrews Chapter 1, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Sa daghan ug nagkalainlaing mga paagi ang Dios misulti kaniadto sa karaang kapanahonan ngadto sa atong mga ginikanan pinaagi sa mga profeta; |
| Croatian | Više puta i na više naèina Bog nekoæ govoraše ocima po prorocima; |
| Danish | Efter at Gud fordum havde talt mange Gange og på mange Måder, til Fædrene ved Profeterne, så har han ved Slutningen af disse Dage talt til os ved sin Søn, |
| Dutch | God, voortijds veelmaal en op velerlei wijze, tot de vaderen gesproken hebbende door de profeten, heeft in deze laatste dagen tot ons gesproken door den Zoon; |
| Finnish | Sittenkuin Jumala muinoin monesti ja monella tapaa oli puhunut isille profeettain kautta, |
| French | Après avoir autrefois, plusieurs reprises et de plusieurs manières, parlé nos pères par les prophètes, |
| German | Nachdem vorzeiten Gott manchmal und mancherleiweise geredet hat zu den Vätern durch die Propheten, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada zaman dahulu banyak kali Allah berbicara kepada nenek moyang kita melalui nabi-nabi dengan memakai bermacam-macam cara. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah sudah Allah berfirman pada zaman dahulu kala kepada segala nenek moyang kita dengan lidah nabi-nabi beberapa kali dan atas berbagai-bagai peri, |
| Italian | Dio, che aveva gia parlato nei tempi antichi molte volte e in diversi modi ai padri per mezzo dei profeti, ultimamente, |
| Latvian | Daudzkârt un daþâdos veidos Dievs caur pravieðiem runâjis mûsu tçviem. |
| Maori | ¶ He maha nga wahi, he maha nga huarahi i korero ai te Atua i mua, ara nga poropiti, ki nga matua, |
| Norwegian | Efterat Gud fordum hadde talt mange ganger og på mange måter til fedrene ved profetene, så har han i disse siste dager talt til oss ved Sønnen, |
| Portuguese | Havendo Deus antigamente falado muitas vezes, e de muitas maneiras, aos pais, pelos profetas, |
| Rumanian | Dupq ce a vorbit kn vechime pqrinyilor nowtri prin prooroci, kn multe rknduri wi kn multe chipuri, Dumnezeu, |
| Shuar | ¶ Yáunchuka Yúsnan etserniujai chichas Yus ni Enentáimmian ii uuntrin ujakmiayi. Tura Untsurí nunkanmasha tura Untsurí uwitincha Niisháa Niisháa chichas ujakmiayi. |
| Spanish | Dios, habiendo hablado en otro tiempo muchas veces y de muchas maneras a los padres por los profetas, |
| Swahili | Hapo zamani, Mungu alisema na babu zetu mara nyingi kwa namna nyingi kwa njia ya manabii, |
| Swedish | Guds uppenbarelse genom Sonen, som enligt skriften är större än änglarna. |
| Uma | ¶ Owi, wori' ngkani Alata'ala mololita hi ntu'a-ta nte wiwi nabi-nabi, pai' wori' nyala ohea to napake' mpololitai-ra. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Sundry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aundray, dunadry, Dundry, Gundry, Sandri, Sandry, Skundric, snudy, soundry, sundary, sundery, sundr, sundrey, sundrie, sundryu, sundsy, sunfry, sunnr, sunr, tundry, undry, zundry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sundry" (pronounced su"ndrē) |
| 4 | -n d r ē | foundry, husbandry, laundry, polyandry. |
| 3 | -d r ē | cadre, heraldry, ribaldry, tawdry, wizardry. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-n-r-s-u-y" | |
-1 letter: durns, nurds, rynds. | |
-2 letters: drys, duns, durn, nurd, runs, rynd, surd, undy, urds, urns. | |
-3 letters: dry, dun, nus, run, sun, syn, uns, urd, urn. | |
-4 letters: nu, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-n-r-s-u-y" | |
+2 letters: industry. | |
+3 letters: anhydrous, husbandry, junkyards, underbuys, underlays, underpays, unsprayed. | |
+4 letters: greyhounds, gynandrous, hydroniums, restudying, roundelays, underplays, understory, understudy, wondrously. | |
+5 letters: androgynous, bodysurfing, countryside, dangerously, delusionary, hydrogenous, nonindustry, playgrounds, polyandrous, ponderously, scoundrelly, subindustry, undersupply, undesirably, unsoldierly. | |
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