complementary
adjective
forming a complement; completing.
complementarily
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a word derived from
complementary.
Example Sentences
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“So they need to see the proof of that. Separate and apart from that, or maybe complementarily to that, they want to see what are all our alternatives.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
They work together, complementarily, but we need both.
From Scientific American ● May 15, 2023
This method addresses itself to the question: How can a nurse, a subjective-objective human being know self and the other and compare and complementarily synthesize these known betweens?
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
Since 1971 I have planned to reflect on these synthetic constructs to better understand how they relate to one another complementarily.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
Comparing, contrasting, and complementarily synthesizing these multiple views inclusive of their inconsistencies and contradictions, none negating the other, allows a better understanding of man-in-his-world in the health situation than the so frequently presented oversimplifications.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
