supplementary

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sup·ple·men·ta·ry | \ 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

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Examples of supplementary in a Sentence

a list of supplementary material for the class the teacher's edition of the textbook comes with a lot of supplementary material

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