complimentary
adjective
given free as a gift or courtesy.
complimentarily
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a word derived from
complimentary.
Example Sentences
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But the more foundational idea of a legal right to darkness — or, complimentarily, a right to starlight — has not been tested in courts.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025
Ledecky has a stroke modeled on Phelps’; he has described her, complimentarily, as a “stud.”
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2016
The word "viscount," besides being applied complimentarily to barbarian "kings" when they showed themselves in China, had another special use.
From Ancient China Simplified by Edward Harper Parker
Eshah, is similarly used, not complimentarily, but in popular speech.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Yet it has often occurred to us that the compiler, or editor, as he is complimentarily called, is barely treated with proper respect in these days.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 565, September 8, 1832 by Various
