remedial

[ ri-mee-dee-uhl ]

/ rɪˈmi di əl /

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adjective

affording remedy; tending to remedy something.

intended to correct or improve one's skill in a specified field: remedial math.

Words nearby remedial

rematch, remblai, rembrandt, reme, remediable, remedial, remedial reading, remediation, remediless, remedy, remember

Origin of remedial

From the Late Latin word remediālis, dating back to 1645–55. See remedy, -al¹

SYNONYMS FOR remedial

2 corrective.

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OTHER WORDS FROM remedial

re·me·di·al·ly, adverbnon·re·me·di·al, adjectivenon·re·me·di·al·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH remedial

remediable remedial

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Examples from the Web for remedial

Pointing out that Nick Denton writes and speaks like a literate adult and not like a 14-year-old in remedial English.
Rage Against GamerGate’s Hate Machine: What I Got For Speaking Up|Arthur Chu|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In his remedial English class, he wrote these comic essays that the teacher actually read aloud in class.
A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters|Scott Porch|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If their students need lots of remedial instruction, the school can extend the school day, the school week, or the school year.
What Charter Schools Are Getting Right And Why They Top Our High School Rankings|Conor P. Williams|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And yet the hierarchy managed to maintain its assumptions and to overwhelm all remedial attempts.
Luther and the Reformation:|Joseph A. Seiss

It is really a remedial effort, not necessarily successful, but an attempt to change, or have changed existing conditions.
Mind and Body|William Walker Atkinson
The remedial part of a law is so necessary a consequence of the former two, that laws must be very vague and imperfect without it.
Commentaries on the Laws of England|William Blackstone
And it is a process that requires time to do its remedial work, and there was no time.
Herbert Hoover|Vernon Kellogg
The constant use of strong drink impairs its remedial effect.
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French

British Dictionary definitions for remedial

remedial

/ (rɪˈmiːdɪəl) /

adjective

affording a remedy; curative

denoting or relating to special teaching, teaching methods, or material for backward and slow learnersremedial education

Derived forms of remedial

remedially, adverb

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remedial

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