complementally, adv.
(kɒmplɪˈmɛntəlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a complemental manner.
† 1. In a way that gives completeness. Obs.
| 1602 W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parall. Ep. Ded., A subiect..by mee superficially handled, and as it were left to others to be complementally handled. |
2. By way of a complement.
† 3. Ceremoniously, formally; with ceremony or civility; = complimentally.
| 1580 Sidney Arcadia (1622) 335 Zelmane not complementally hunting that which shee fled. 1630 tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. iv. (1688) 579 To observe his Duty rather complementally, than in truth and reality. 1658 Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1076 How complementally do they salute one the other? 1697 Dryden Virgil (1721) I. 71 Plato..at last Complementally Banishes him [Homer] his Common-wealth. |