Lexic.us

Definition of Complimentary

1. Adjective. Conveying or resembling a compliment. "A complimentary remark"

Definition of Complimentary

1. a. Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket.

Definition of Complimentary

1. Adjective. In the nature of a compliment. ¹

2. Adjective. Free; provided at no charge. ¹

3. Adjective. With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Complimentary

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Complimentary

Literary usage of Complimentary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Business English by George Burton Hotchkiss, Edward Jones Kilduff (1920)
"95 The complimentary Close 950. The complimentary close is placed two or ... Do not use any abbreviation such as Y'rs or Resp'y in the complimentary close. ..."

2. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1903)
"His ideas of wit may be classed under the heads of Epigrams, complimentary Poems—whether in the form of epitaphs, epistles, or commendatory prefaces—and ..."

3. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years by Solomon Smith (1868)
"complimentary Benefits. Time was when a complimentary benefit meant something. John Howard Payne, at first a precocious actor, and afterward a translator of ..."

4. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"complimentary Dinner to Mr. H. ... A complimentary Dinner was given by the Royal Meteorological Society, ..."

5. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress) (1798)
"... do^unto land" is" highly complimentary- to the genus and manners ot Great Britain. ... complimentary to the ..."

6. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"When the lead 'support raises (by expansion) the point D the point с becomes the fulcrum, and the line t> E represents the complimentary arm of an imaginary ..."

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