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adjective
2.
intended to correct or improve one's skill in a specified field: remedial math.
Related forms
re·me·di·al·ly, adverb
non·re·me·di·al, adjective
non·re·me·di·al·ly, adverb
Synonyms
2. corrective.
2. corrective.
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Remedial
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example Sentences
- How wonderful it would be if this were to provoke him into remedial action.
- Here is a remedial outline showing how to explain climate change to the layperson and make it stick.
- How that awareness might progress to remedial action-the removal of orbital debris-remains unclear, though.
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Word Origin & History
remedial
1650s, "curing, relieving," from L. remedialis "healing, curing," from L. remedium (see remedy). Educational sense of "concerned with improving skills" is first recorded 1924.
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