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supplementary

Pronunciation: /ˌsʌplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ri/

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Definition of supplementary

adjective

  • completing or enhancing something:the programme offers supplementary information about the news the development of databases supplementary to existing ones

noun (plural supplementaries)

  • a supplementary person or thing.
  • British a question asked in parliament following the answer to a tabled one.

Derivatives

supplementarily

adverb

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