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complementaries

complementaries is the plural of complementary.

Meaning of complementary

Noun

complementary (plural complementaries)

  1. A complementary colour.
  2. (obsolete) One skilled in compliments.
    • the hands of the most skilful and cunning complementaries alive1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...
  3. An angle which adds with another to equal ninety degrees.

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Questions about complementaries

What is complementaries the plural of?
Complementaries is the plural of complementary.

Words near complementaries in the dictionary

  1. complementally
  2. complementalness
  3. complementarian
  4. complementarianism
  5. complementarians
  6. complementaries
  7. complementarily
  8. complementariness
  9. complementarities
  10. complementarity
  11. complementary

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