complemental
AmericanOther Word Forms
- complementally adverb
- uncomplemental adjective
- uncomplementally adverb
Etymology
Origin of complemental
First recorded in 1595–1605; complement + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Since these dwarf males pair, not with females, but with hermaphrodites, Darwin termed them “complemental” males.
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The higher complemental parts, which are parallel to animal life, move more quickly, but yet without melodious connection and significant progress.
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The two are complemental and necessary to each other.
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In a happy marriage these differences become complemental, rendering possible that superior unity in which the two are made one.
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He falls in love, not so much with what is ideally lovable in a woman, but what is practically complemental to his own nature.
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