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various or diverse:
sundry persons.
all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually:
Free samples were given to all and sundry.
sundry things or items, especially small, miscellaneous items of little value.
Compare (def 6).
Contemporary Examples

The couturier famously traveled the world on scouting trips, looking to draw design inspiration from sundry cultures.
Paris’ Sad Galliano Expo Tracy McNicoll June 20, 2011

Sure, Americans want to sell nuclear goodies and sundry to India and to gain Delhi’s backing against China.
Why Our Nuke Policy Doesn’t Work Leslie H. Gelb May 19, 2010

To do it, the FBI enlisted the help of sundry characters, none worse than Whitey, the leader of the mostly Irish Winter Hill gang.
Why Boston Needed Bulger Paul Kix June 23, 2011

Again and again we were told by sundry Middle East experts that the wise mullahs had every interest in maintaining a stable Iraq.
Iraq Is Not Our War Anymore. Let It Be Iran’s Problem. Christopher Dickey July 16, 2014

Her goal is not just the acquisition of knowledge on sundry subjects.
Barbara Ehrenreich Gives God a Going Over in Her New Book Nick Romeo April 18, 2014

Historical Examples

He was content to take his risk of the English general’s possible inability for sundry obvious reasons, to come to his support.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places Archibald Forbes

All around him he saw the prone bodies of his men, naked to the view of all and sundry.
Slaves of Mercury Nat Schachner

We saw several parcels of Ducks in sundry places, all of which no doubt had young near.
Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 Maria R. Audubon

It is the custom of the Asiatics, you know, to invite all and sundry to a wedding.
A Hero of Our Time M. Y. Lermontov

On her departure she was visited by sundry inhabitants of Metz, who gave her jewels, recognising her to be the Maid of France.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) Anatole France

determiner
several or various; miscellaneous
pronoun
all and sundry, all the various people, individually and collectively
noun (pl) -dries
(pl) miscellaneous unspecified items
(Austral, cricket) also called extra. a run not scored from the bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye
adj.

Old English syndrig “separate, apart, special,” related to sundor “separately” (see sunder). Phrase all and sundry first recorded 1389; sundries “odds and ends” is first found 1755.
n.

1755, plural of sundry (adj.) used as a noun.
see: all and sundry