remedial
Americanadjective
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intended to correct or improve one's skill in a specified field.
remedial math.
- Synonyms:
- corrective
adjective
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affording a remedy; curative
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denoting or relating to special teaching, teaching methods, or material for backward and slow learners
remedial education
Other Word Forms
- nonremedial adjective
- nonremedially adverb
- remedially adverb
Etymology
Origin of remedial
From the Late Latin word remediālis, dating back to 1645–55. See remedy, -al 1
Example Sentences
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Deftly styling a loud pant says you don’t need a remedial lesson in the ridiculous life here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026
These special programs that are supposed to be remedial do harm, not just good.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
Eventually most vulnerable young patients were transferred to the adult hospital while the infections were investigated and remedial work took place.
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
He questioned where additional funding would come from to deal with future Troubles-era civil actions, which will now be able to resume as a result of the remedial order.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
The foyer is cool thanks to the marble and the sounds of girls outside practicing their remedial drills drifts in through the open windows.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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