Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Of the nature of a complement; completing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Complementary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Additional; supplemental, accessory; ancillary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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adj
Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory; ceremonial; ceremonious; formal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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adj
Of persons: accomplished; talented; experienced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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adj
Alternative form of complimental (“complimentary”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, obsolete
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adjective satellite
acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: complementary, completing
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History
From complement + -al. Piecewise doublet of complimental.
