complemental

American  

[kom-pluh-men-tl] / ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tl /

adjective

1. complementary; completing.

2. Obsolete.

   1. accomplished.

   2. ceremonious.

   3. complimentary.

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Other Word Forms

• complementally adverb
• uncomplemental adjective
• uncomplementally adverb

Etymology

Origin of complemental

First recorded in 1595–1605; complement + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Forms of poetry are complemental to each other, and one who tries to be merely dramatic without appreciating the lyric spirit becomes theatric.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

No; the response must be in kind to be truly complemental.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Howells, William Dean

The two are complemental and necessary to each other.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

I have done nothing which has interested me so much as Lythrum, since making out the complemental males of Cirripedes.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

It is a well-known optical fact that the color of shadow is complemental to that of light: and that therefore, in general terms, warm light has cool shadow, and cool light hot shadow.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John