Friday, February 26, 2010

#57 ancillary

#57 ancillary- (adjective)- subsidiary, auxiliary, supplementary

-C17 from Latin ancillaris- concerning maidservants

The research was not ancillary, but critical to the report.

Let's say that these ancillary issues can be kept off the table right now.

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