Literary notes about additional (AI summary)
The adjective "additional" in literature is often employed to denote something extra or supplementary that complements an already established element. Whether used to indicate extra personnel in a military pursuit ([1], [2]), supplementary ideas or nuances in a character’s identity ([3], [4]), or further details that enrich an argument or narrative ([5], [6]), it serves to layer meaning onto the text. In more formal or academic writings, the term clarifies that there is an extra element—such as extra evidence ([7]) or ancillary data ([8])—that supports the main discourse. Similarly, in practical contexts, "additional" points to auxiliary resources or appended instructions ([9], [10]), ensuring completeness and precision in communication. This flexible usage reflects its role in adding depth and acknowledgment of supplementary factors across a diverse range of literary works ([11], [12]).
- Additional pursuers were sent on the trail of the fugitives; and then the chiefs applied themselves, in earnest, to the business of consultation.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper - The Russian Legation has two additional Russian cavalry soldiers.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - I only know that as it vanishes I seem to wake to a sense of my own existence as something additional to what had previously been there.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - My sensations had, by this time, become distinct, and my mind received every day additional ideas.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - The germ of this story doubtless came from India via the Malay migrations; the additional details possibly belong to a much later period.
— from Filipino Popular Tales - The story of the “pangolin” is also told in Selangor with additional details.
— from Malay Magic by Walter William Skeat - The more accurate explication of it would give additional evidence to this argument.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume - The desired additional subscriptions do not appear to have come in.
— from Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding - Additional Lines.〉 Ed : these lines run straight on as part of The Annuntiation and Passion in O'F 2 a mayd]
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) by John Donne - lothes, or any additional arms they may require at a fixed rate.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius - He is delighted at the sight of happiness, and if he can help to bring it about, this is an additional reason for sharing it.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - What my additional purposes were, will be seen in the following pages.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
