Especially, in anatomy and zoology, additional (to what is normal, ordinary, or usual); added, as something secondary, subsidiary, or useless; supernumerary; extra: as, a supplementary digit (a sixth finger or toe).
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adj. functioning in a supporting capacity
adj. added to complete or make up a deficiency
Word Usage
"That these verses are entirely supplementary is the simplest and most natural view of them."