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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No; the response must be in kind to be truly complemental.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Howells, William Dean
By so living together a wise husband and a loving wife will soon discover that they two are but complemental to each other—like the Will and Understanding of one individual.
From Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects by Guernsey, Henry Newell
Perhaps they were really mated, their pettinesses and selfishnesses peculiarly complemental.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
Small portion of the outer integument of the complemental male, as seen with a 1/8th of an inch object glass.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
The males differ in every point of detail, from the complemental males of S. vulgare, but yet present so close a general resemblance, that a comparative description will be most convenient.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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