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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPPLEMENT'AL
SUPPLEMENT'ARY, a. Additional; added to supply what is wanted; as a supplemental law or bill.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
2: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary, supplemental]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1605 1. serving to supplement 2. nonscheduled <a supplemental airline> • supplemental noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Supplemental Sup`ple*men"tal, Supplementary Sup`ple*men"ta*ry, a. [Cf. F. suppl['e]mentaire.] Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume. Supplemental air (Physiol.), the air which in addition to the residual air remains in the lungs after ordinary expiration, but which, unlike the residual air, can be expelled; reserve air. Supplemental bill (Equity), a bill filed in aid of an original bill to supply some deffect in the latter, or to set forth new facts which can not be done by amendment. --Burrill. --Daniel. Supplementary chords (Math.), in an ellipse or hyperbola, any two chords drawn through the extremities of a diameter, and intersecting on the curve.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Supplemental means the same as supplementary. (mainly AM FORMAL) You'll probably be able to buy supplemental insurance at an extra cost... ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. See supplementary.