complemental

Example Sentences

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"The complemental dot on his i of a commonly civilized human creature!" said Dr. Middleton, looking at his watch and finding it too late to leave the house before morning.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

He blended the complemental conceptions of divinity and humanity.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

Small portion of the outer integument of the complemental male, as seen with a 1/8th of an inch object glass.

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

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

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

If we could get hold of a complemental critic, a critic who saw what the age did not see, and who saw rightly what the age mistook, we should have a critic of inestimable value.

From The English Constitution by Bagehot, Walter