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COMPLIMENTARY definition: 1. praising or expressing admiration for someone: 2. If tickets, books, etc. are complimentary…. Learn more.
- English (US)
COMPLIMENTARY meaning: 1. praising or expressing admiration...
- English (US)
The meaning of COMPLIMENTARY is expressing praise or admiration : expressing or containing a compliment. How to use complimentary in a sentence.
If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it. The staff have been very complimentary, and so have the customers. We often get complimentary remarks regarding the cleanliness of our patio.
Complementary is an adjective used to describe something that complements something else—goes along with it and serves to make it better or complete it (as in complementary colors). Since the primary senses of both words are generally used in positive contexts, it can be easy to confuse them.
Complement refers to something that completes something else, while compliment has branched off to mean a remark 'especially in the form of admiration, esteem, or approval,' such as when paying someone a compliment for an achievement or for how they look.
Definition of compliment verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
complimentary (about something) expressing approval, praise, etc. After one or two complimentary remarks about her hosts, she got to the main part of her speech. She was extremely complimentary about his work. Not all of his comments were complimentary. opposite uncomplimentary
