Complementarily

/ˌkɑmpləˈmɛntərəli/ adverb

Definition

In a complementary manner; in a way that completes or supplements harmoniously.

Etymology

Adverbial form of complementary, formed by adding -ly. This adverb developed in scientific and mathematical contexts to describe relationships between complementary elements.

Kelly Says

In linguistic theory, words that are 'complementarily distributed' never appear in the same position—like how 'some' and 'much' split the uncountable noun space, suggesting language is economically designed.

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