complemental

[ kom-pluh-men-tl ]

adjective

1. complementary; completing.
2. Obsolete.
   1. accomplished.
   2. ceremonious.
   3. complimentary.

Other Words From

• comple·mental·ly adverb
• uncom·ple·mental adjective
• uncom·ple·mental·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of complemental¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; complement + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Since these dwarf males pair, not with females, but with hermaphrodites, Darwin termed them “complemental” males.

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The higher complemental parts, which are parallel to animal life, move more quickly, but yet without melodious connection and significant progress.

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The two are complemental and necessary to each other.

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It is easy to see that intellectually, as well as physically, men and women are complemental, and when the conclusions arrived at are identical they become confirmatory of each other.

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He falls in love, not so much with what is ideally lovable in a woman, but what is practically complemental to his own nature.

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