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

He blended the complemental conceptions of divinity and humanity.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

"The complemental dot on his i of a commonly civilized human creature!" said Dr. Middleton, looking at his watch and finding it too late to leave the house before morning.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

The outer integument was covered with rather thick, very minute bristles, each about, 2/10,000th of an inch in length, and therefore only half the length of those on the complemental males of S. vulgare.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The two are complemental and necessary to each other.

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

On the males and complemental males of certain Cirripedes, and on rudimentary structures.

From Life of Charles Darwin by Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas)