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Synonyms for supplementary


Grammar : Adj
Spell : suhp-luh-men-tuh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsʌp ləˈmɛn tə ri



Définition of supplementary

Origin :
  • 1660s, from supplement + -ary.
  • adj additional
Example sentences :
  • Persons are supplementary to the primary teaching of the soul.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • But there are supplementary items of a somewhat darker kind.
  • Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
  • The question of terms was the cause of a supplementary discussion.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • This is supplementary to matter contained in the State chapters.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • He gave a moan and went to work feverishly at a supplementary note.
  • Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray
  • A supplementary volume of illustrations was issued with this last edition.
  • Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
  • They are not opposed, but supplementary — not mutually exclusive, but reconcilable.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
  • You suggest that there shall be a supplementary investigation?
  • Extract from : « Fantmas » by Pierre Souvestre
  • References to supplementary sources are prefixed to each chapter.
  • Extract from : « The Writing of the Short Story » by Lewis Worthington Smith
  • He was for sending a "supplementary" that very evening, but who was there to send?
  • Extract from : « Tonio, Son of the Sierras » by Charles King

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