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
He did, however, once refer complimentarily to a maiden lady—a certain Saint Apollonia who leaped into a fire prepared for her by the heathen Alexandrians.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
I allude to the burning noonday sun, that makes this close-shut valley, as it is complimentarily called, a veritable furnace.
From The Roof of France by Matilda Betham-Edwards
"When," records this gentleman, "we have sometimes spoken complimentarily to Coleridge of himself he has said that he was nothing in comparison with Wordsworth."
From English Men of Letters: Coleridge by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill
