Both Uses of
sundry
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Matthew enjoyed the drive after his own fashion, except during the moments when he met women and had to nod to them—for in Prince Edward island you are supposed to nod to all and sundry you meet on the road whether you know them or not.
p. 9.6sundry = various
- Matthew nodded over a FARMERS' ADVOCATE on the sofa and Anne at the table studied her lessons with grim determination, despite sundry wistful glances at the clock shelf, where lay a new book that Jane Andrews had lent her that day.
p. 135.2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(sundry) various; or of various kinds
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, sundried is an alternative spelling for sun-dried--referring to something that has been dried by the sun such as raisins or bricks.