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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sundry \Sun"dry\, adjective [OE. sundry, sondry, AS. syndrig, fr. sundor asunder. See {Sunder}, verb (used with an object)]
1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. ''Sundry wines.'' --Chaucer. ''Sundry weighty reasons.'' --Shak.
With many a sound of sundry melody. --Chaucer.
Sundry foes the rural realm surround. --Dryden.
2. Separate; diverse. [Obs.]
Every church almost had the Bible of a sundry translation. --Coleridge.
{All and sundry}, all collectively, and each separately.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sundry
adjective: consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn: {assorted}, {miscellaneous}, {mixed}, {motley}, {sundry(a)}]
noun: miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff" [syn: {whatchamacallit}, {stuff}, {whatsis}, {sundries}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "sundry": all and sundry, assorted, different, divers, diverse, diversified, heterogeneous, legion, many, many and various, miscellaneous, mixed, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, numerous, of all sorts, populous, quite a few, several, some, upwards of, varied, various, voluminous
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