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supplementary

6 ENTRIES FOUND:

sup·ple·men·ta·ry

adj \ˌsə-plə-ˈmen-tə-rē, -ˈmen-trē\

Definition of SUPPLEMENTARY

1
: added or serving as a supplement : additional <supplementary reading>
2
: being or relating to a supplement or a supplementary angle

Examples of SUPPLEMENTARY

  1. a list of supplementary material for the class
  2. <the teacher's edition of the textbook comes with a lot of supplementary material>

First Known Use of SUPPLEMENTARY

1667

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