Definition of "complimentary" []

• Expressing, using, or resembling a compliment: a concert that received complimentary reviews. (adjective)
• Given free to repay a favor or as an act of courtesy: complimentary copies of the new book. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "BETHANY MARSHALL, PSYCHOTHERAPISTS: I think she and Howard Stern are what we call complimentary narcissists, meaning that they have the unique individual attributes of narcissists, but that ` s blossomed once they got together."
• "Competitors, collaborators, those in complimentary fields with an overlapping client base, and folks who are totally outside your immediate world."
• "And then he actually goes on to discuss the story in complimentary terms for the opening two paragraphs of his full page review."