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6-letter words (1 found)

SUNDRY,

5-letter words (6 found)

DRUSY,DURNS,NURDS,NURDY,RUNDS,RYNDS,

4-letter words (17 found)

DRYS,DUNS,DURN,NURD,NURS,RUDS,RUDY,RUND,RUNS,RYND,RYUS,SURD,SYND,UNDY,URDS,URDY,URNS,

3-letter words (18 found)

DRY,DUN,NUR,NUS,NYS,RUD,RUN,RYU,SNY,SUD,SUN,SUR,SYN,UDS,UNS,URD,URN,YUS,

2-letter words (6 found)

NU,NY,UN,UR,US,YU,

You can make 48 words from sundry according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sundry

sundry

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌndɹi/
  • Hyphenation: sund‧ry

Adjective

sundry

  1. More than one or two but not very many; a number of, several.
  2. Of various types, especially when numerous; diverse, varied.
    Synonym: manifold
  3. Consisting of an assortment of different kinds; miscellaneous.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:assorted, Thesaurus:heterogeneous
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:homogeneous
  4. (archaic) 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.)
    Synonym: other
  5. (obsolete)
    1. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one; individual, respective.
      Synonyms: personal, single
    2. Of a person or thing: not the same as something else; different. (Contrast sense 4.)
    3. (except Scotland) Not attached or connected to anything else; physically separate.
      Synonyms: apart, detached, loose; see also Thesaurus:separate
Alternative forms
  • sindry (Northern England, Scotland)
Derived terms
  • all and sundry
  • sundrily
  • sundriness
  • various and sundry
Related terms
  • sunder
Translations

Noun

sundry (plural sundries) (chiefly in the plural)

  1. A minor miscellaneous item.
    1. 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.
  2. (chiefly Australia, cricket) Synonym of extra (“a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat”)
Derived terms
  • sundryman
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Pronoun

sundry (plural, archaic sundries)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Various people or things; several.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English sondri, sondry, syndri (“individually; now and then, occasionally; physically apart, separately; variously”) [and other forms], from Old English syndrige [and other forms], from Old English syndriġ (adjective): see further at etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈsʌndɹi/
  • (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈsɪndɹɪ/, /ˈsʌn-/
  • Hyphenation: sund‧ry

Adverb

sundry (comparative more sundry, superlative most sundry) (chiefly Northern England, Scotland)

  1. Synonym of asunder (“into separate parts or pieces”)
  2. (archaic) Placed separately; apart.
  3. (obsolete) Individually, separately; sundrily.
Alternative forms
  • sindry (Scotland)
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References

Further reading

  • sundries (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org