'Supplementary' definitions:
Definition of 'supplementary'
From: WordNet
adjective
Functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
adjective
Added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary, supplemental]
Definition of 'Supplementary'
From: GCIDE
- Supplemental \Sup`ple*men"tal\, Supplementary \Sup`ple*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. suppl['e]mentaire.] Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume. [1913 Webster]
- Supplemental air (Physiol.), the air which in addition to the residual air remains in the lungs after ordinary expiration, but which, unlike the residual air, can be expelled; reserve air.
- Supplemental bill (Equity), a bill filed in aid of an original bill to supply some deffect in the latter, or to set forth new facts which can not be done by amendment. --Burrill. --Daniel.
- Supplementary chords (Math.), in an ellipse or hyperbola, any two chords drawn through the extremities of a diameter, and intersecting on the curve. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supplementary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- accidental,
- added,
- additional,
- adjunct,
- adscititious,
- adventitious,
- ancillary,
- annexed,
- another,
- appended,
- appurtenant,
- ascititious,
- attached,
- auxiliary,
- casual,
- circumstantial,
- collateral,
- contingent,
- contributory,
- excess,
- extra,
- extraneous,
- farther,
- fortuitous,
- fresh,
- further,
- incidental,
- inessential,
- more,
- new,
- nonessential,
- other,
- plus,
- secondary,
- spare,
- subordinate,
- subsidiary,
- superadded,
- superfluous,
- supernumerary,
- supervenient,
- supplemental,
- supportive,
- surplus,
- ulterior,
- unessential