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
"That's very Yankee-like, I believe," he said complimentarily.
From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by T. S. Stribling
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
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
