complemental

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No; the response must be in kind, to be truly complemental.

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

The word "great" in his code should have been "gage," and its complemental words "of battle."

From Whirligigs by Henry, O.

Also if you ever find any species of Scalpellum, pray look for complemental males; a German author has recently doubted my observations for no reason except that the facts appeared to him so strange.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

I have done nothing which has interested me so much as Lythrum, since making out the complemental males of Cirripedes.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

It appears that the method, when adopted at all, was considered to belong to the complemental and merely decorative parts of a picture.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John