complemental

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It is easy to see that intellectually, as well as physically, men and women are complemental, and when the conclusions arrived at are identical they become confirmatory of each other.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus

Perhaps they were really mated, their pettinesses and selfishnesses peculiarly complemental.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

While of the contrasted yet complemental civic life of fullest, broadest action, what expression like the Roman eagle—the very eyes of keenness, and the spreading wings of power?

From Civics: as Applied Sociology by Geddes, Patrick

The higher complemental parts, which are parallel to animal life, move more quickly, but yet without melodious connection and significant progress.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

The outer integument was covered with rather thick, very minute bristles, each about, 2/10,000th of an inch in length, and therefore only half the length of those on the complemental males of S. vulgare.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles