Supplementary
[,sʌplɪ'ment(ə)rɪ] or [,sʌplɪ'mɛntri]
Definition
(adj.) added to complete or make up a deficiency; 'produced supplementary volumes' .
Checked by Francis--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Additional, supplemental.
Edited by Leopold
Examples
- Sirmium (on the River Save), Milan, Lyons, and Nicomedia (in Bithynia) were among such supplementary capitals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Shortly a supplementary program was issued which set forth that the Plymouth Collection of Hymns would be used on board the ship. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was no effective prohibition of superstitious practices, spirit raising, incantations, prostrations, and supplementary worships. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An elderly woman, whom I had seen before as one of the servants who lived in the supplementary house across the back courtyard, opened the gate. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mrs. Norris's removal from Mansfield was the great supplementary comfort of Sir Thomas's life. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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