I. ˈsəndrē, -ri adjective
Etymology: Middle English sindry, sundry, sondry, from Old English syndrig; akin to Old High German suntarīg sundry, Old English sundor apart — more at sunder
1. obsolete : different or distinct for each : respective
his ministers heaven's palace fill to have their sundry tasks assigned — John Wesley
2.
a. obsolete : variously different : separate
like to a meadow full of sundry flowers — Shakespeare
b. : more than one or two : miscellaneous , several
a guard of sundry horsemen — Charles Dickens
sundry sciences commonly known as social — I.A.Richards
3. obsolete : diverse
how many and how sundry are the evils wherewith our mortal state if endangered — Angel Day
4. : of or relating to sundries
a state's sundry revenue
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English sindry, sundry, sondry, from Old English syndrige, from syndrig, adjective
obsolete : separately , apart , asunder
III. pronoun
( plural in construction )
Etymology: Middle English sindry, sundry, sondry, from sindry, sundry, sondry, adjective
: an indeterminate number : divers
she danced with sundry who asked her — Donn Byrne