# sundry

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈsʌnd.ɹi/ · frequency rank #39,123

## Definitions
1. More than one or two but not very many; a number of, several.
2. Of various types, especially when numerous; diverse, varied.
3. Consisting of an assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
4. 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.)
5. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one; individual, respective.
6. Of a person or thing: not the same as something else; different. (Contrast sense 4.)
7. Not attached or connected to anything else; physically separate.

## 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”)

## Easily confused with
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sundry-vs-suny)
- **sunny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sundry-vs-sunny)
- **surry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sundry-vs-surry)
- **sandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandy-vs-sundry)
- **Sunday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunday-vs-sundry)
- **Sandra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sandra-vs-sundry)
- **sugary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sugary-vs-sundry)
- **sentry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sentry-vs-sundry)
- **sultry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sultry-vs-sundry)
- **sundae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sundae-vs-sundry)
- **soundly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soundly-vs-sundry)
- **Sunbury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunbury-vs-sundry)

## Common misspellings (10)
`snudry`, `ssundry`, `sudnry`, `sunddry`, `sundrry`, `sundryy`, `sundyr`, `sunndry`, `sunrdy`, `usndry`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sundry