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Adjective: supplementary  `sú-plu'men-tu-ree
  1. Functioning in a supporting capacity
    "the main library and its supplementary branches"
    - auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental
     
  2. Added to complete or make up a deficiency
    "produced supplementary volumes"
    - supplemental

See also: additive, secondary, supplement

Encyclopedia: Supplementary