supplementary
[suhp-l
uh
-
men
-t
uh
-ree]
/ˌsʌp ləˈmɛn tə ri/
adjective
1.
Also,
supplemental
. of the nature of or forming a
supplement
; additional.
noun
,
plural
supplementaries.
2.
a person or thing that is supplementary.
Origin
1660-70;
supplement
+
-ary
Related forms
nonsupplementary,
adjective
presupplementary,
adjective
unsupplementary,
adjective
Examples from the web for
supplementary
To pay for college, many poorer students seek
supplementary
help from relatives other than parents and from private loans.
But all sorts of
supplementary
bills need upper-house approval.
It takes some digging in the
supplementary
data to figure out what's going on here.
So are scholarly footnotes, with their numbered links between the main body of the text and
supplementary
scholarship.
The first observation took place in the absence of
supplementary
food.
They would have to meet the obligations for supervision and regulation set out in its charter and
supplementary
agreements.
Many journals allow
supplementary
materials, which they post online.
During this exercise, neurons fired in her
supplementary
motor area.
Persons are
supplementary
to the primary teaching of the soul.
But he connects his own particular code with the earlier one in such a way as to make the one
supplementary
to the other.
British Dictionary definitions for
supplementary
supplementary
/
ˌsʌplɪˈmɛntərɪ;
-trɪ
/
adjective
1.
forming or acting as a supplement
Also (less commonly)
supplemental
(
ˌsʌplɪˈmɛnt
ə
l
)
noun
(
pl
)
-ries
2.
a person or thing that is a supplement
Derived Forms
supplementarily,
(
rare
)
supplementally,
adverb
Word Origin and History for
supplementary
adj.
1660s, from
supplement
+
-ary
.