complemental

American  

[kom-pluh-men-tl] / ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tl /

adjective

1. complementary; completing.

2. Obsolete.

   1. accomplished.

   2. ceremonious.

   3. complimentary.

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Other Word Forms

• complementally adverb
• uncomplemental adjective
• uncomplementally adverb

Etymology

Origin of complemental

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

Example Sentences

It would seem to combine with outside complemental matter drifted to it at random. 

From Unconscious Memory by Butler, Samuel

Small portion of the outer integument of the complemental male, as seen with a 1/8th of an inch object glass.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Forms of poetry are complemental to each other, and one who tries to be merely dramatic without appreciating the lyric spirit becomes theatric.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)

Also if you ever find any species of Scalpellum, pray look for complemental males; a German author has recently doubted my observations for no reason except that the facts appeared to him so strange.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

The males differ in every point of detail, from the complemental males of S. vulgare, but yet present so close a general resemblance, that a comparative description will be most convenient.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles