Both Uses of
supplementary
in
The Souls of Black Folk
- The supplementary truths must never be lost sight of: first, slavery and race-prejudice are potent if not sufficient causes of the Negro's position;†
Chpt 3supplementary = additional
- She has religion, earnest, bigoted:—religion that on both sides the Veil often omits the sixth, seventh, and eighth commandments, but substitutes a dozen supplementary ones.†
Chpt 5 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(supplementary) additional -- possibly improving, completing, or making up for a deficiency of something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In mathematics, supplementary angles, are angles that when added together make up 180 degrees (a straight line).