COMPLEMENTALLY

Adverb

complementally (not comparable)

In a complemental manner

Source: Wiktionary


COMPLEMENTAL

Com`ple*men"tal, a.

1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." Prynne.

2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] Shak. Complemental air (Physiol.), the air (averaging 100 cubic inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration.

– Complemental males (Zoöl.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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