remedial

[ ri-mee-dee-uhl ]

adjective

1. affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
2. intended to correct or improve one's skill in a specified field:

   remedial math.

   Synonyms: corrective

remedial

/ rɪˈmiːdɪəl /

adjective

1. affording a remedy; curative
2. denoting or relating to special teaching, teaching methods, or material for backward and slow learners

   remedial education

Derived Forms

• reˈmedially, adverb

Other Words From

• re·medi·al·ly adverb
• nonre·medi·al adjective
• nonre·medi·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of remedial¹

From the Late Latin word remediālis, dating back to 1645–55. See remedy, -al ¹

Example Sentences

Finding a hidden network is trivial for even the most remedial of hackers anyway, so it’s always best to leave this feature turned off.

From Popular-Science

A problem for summer school, Dworkin said, is that it has historically had a reputation for being punitive and mandatory for just a few remedial students.

From Washington Post

School districts are exploring classes that go beyond addressing learning loss and remedial work to provide social interactions and emotional support for students of every age group.

From Washington Post

“I was in remedial math throughout elementary school,” she notes.

From Science News For Students

The report recommended that among the “remedial steps” to be taken was a written directive on certain behaviors prohibited to Miles and on others required of him.

From Washington Post

Pointing out that Nick Denton writes and speaks like a literate adult and not like a 14-year-old in remedial English.

From The Daily Beast

In his remedial English class, he wrote these comic essays that the teacher actually read aloud in class.

From The Daily Beast

If their students need lots of remedial instruction, the school can extend the school day, the school week, or the school year.

From The Daily Beast

Plus, more Remedial Readers of Richard Russo, Stephen King and John McPhee.

From The Daily Beast

Plus, more Remedial Readers of Stephen King and John McPhee.

From The Daily Beast

And the factor of spontaneous improvement irrespective of all remedial measures is also ignored.

From Project Gutenberg

Every good political institution must have a preventive operation as well as a remedial.

From Project Gutenberg

But this is now known to be not the true remedial process with respect to the zymotic germs.

From Project Gutenberg

No ameliorative, no palliative, no restrictive, no remedial measure will avail.

From Project Gutenberg

The new view is a social view, which seeks in all movements, whether of research or of remedial action, for the common welfare.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• corrective
• therapeutic