supplementary
English
Etymology
Derived from French supplémentaire, equivalent to supplement + -ary.
Adjective
supplementary (comparative more supplementary, superlative most supplementary)
- Additional; added to supply what is wanted.
- 2015 October 15, “Buffalo Cheese Whey Proteins, Identification of a 24 kDa Protein and Characterization of Their Hydrolysates: In Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Thus, leucine is already being seen as a pharmaconutrient of great relevance for the supplementary feeding of malnourished and frail elderly and for specific subpopulations.
Derived terms
Translations
additional
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Noun
supplementary (plural supplementaries)
- Something additional; an extra.
References
- Noah Webster (1828) “supplementary”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.