sundry
Meanings
Plural: sundries
Adjective Satellite
- consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; ; ; ; ; ; - I.A.Richards
- "sundry sciences commonly known as social"
Adj
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.)
- Not attached or connected to anything else; physically separate.
Noun
- A minor miscellaneous item.
- 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.
- Synonym of extra (“a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat”).
Pron
- Various people or things; several.
Adv
- Synonym of asunder (“into separate parts or pieces”).
- Placed separately; apart.
- Individually, separately; sundrily.
Origin / Etymology
The adjective is derived from Middle English sondri, sondry, syndry (“individually; occasionally; separately; variously”) [and other forms], from Old English syndriġ (“alone, distinct, separate, single; sundry, various; concerning a single person, own, particular, peculiar, private; exceptional, remarkable, set apart, special; (distributive) one each”) [and other forms], from sundor (“differently; privately; separate, separately”) (from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, isolated; separate”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)) + -iġ (“suffix forming adjectives”). The English word is analysable as sunder + -y.
The noun and pronoun are derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Dutch zonderlijk (“separate”) (rare), Dutch afzonderlijk (“separate”)
* Low German sunderig (“single; special”)
* Middle High German sunderig (“private; separate; special”)
* Swedish söndrig (“broken; tattered”)
Synonyms
apart, assorted, asunder, catholic, confused, conglomerate, desultory, detached, deviating, different, disaccordant, discordant, discrepant, discrete, dishomogeneous, disordered, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, divers, diverse, diversified, eclectic, extra, heterogeneous, inaccordant, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, indiscriminate, inharmonious, irregular, jumbled, liberal, loose, manifold, many-sided, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixed up, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multifold, multiform, multigenerous, multiplex, nonuniform, odd, omnifarious, omniform, omnigenous, other, personal, polymorphous, protean, separate, single, sundry, unannexed, unassociated, unattached, unconnected, unmatched, unrelated, variable, varied, variegated, variform, various
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
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