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Definition of Sundry
1. Adjective. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. "Sundry sciences commonly known as social"
Similar to: Heterogeneous, Heterogenous
Derivative terms: Motley
Definition of Sundry
1. a. Several; divers; more than one or two; various.
Definition of Sundry
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Separate; distinct; diverse. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Individual; one for each. ¹
3. Adjective. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. ¹
4. Adjective. Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous. ¹
5. Noun. (cricket) In Australia, an extra. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sundry
1. miscellaneous [adj] : SUNDRILY [adv] - See also: miscellaneous
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sundry
Literary usage of Sundry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate (1823)
"Mr. Power prese'nted a petition from sundry stockholders in the ... Mr. Fry presented
two petitions, of similar tenor, from sundry citizens of the counties ..."
2. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... of the Lettre sent bj the Emperor to sundry Estates in ... was I ¡hold ¡nit
in Writ- an Hindrance to sundry Things wherof I have And I wold to God ..."
3. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle, Frank Hesketh Peters (1886)
"But it may be doubted whether we have suffi- sundry ciently explained what it is
to suffer and to do injustice. First of all, are these terms applicable to ..."
4. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1842)
"John Arnolde yoman of this office for mony by him Provisions disbursed at sundry
tymes for sundry things requisit to of sundry «ic -iu u- un -i«V ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters (1916)
"[The rest of the Chatfield material will be published in the REGISTER of April 1916.
—EDITOR.] (To be continued] sundry DOCUMENTS RELATING TO WITCHCRAFT IN ..."
6. The Works of Daniel Webster by Daniel Webster, Edward Everett (1851)
"AGREEABLY to notice, I offer sundry petitions on the subject of slavery and the
slave trade in the District of Columbia. The first purports to be signed by ..."
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