How do you use the word "accessory" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "accessory" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "accessory": That glittering accessory doesn't go with your sweatshirt. Try this on! The police hunted for an accessory.

Accessory Meaning

/əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjHaving a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory.

adjAssisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.

Sentence Examples

That glittering accessory doesn't go with your sweatshirt. Try this on!

The police hunted for an accessory.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

supportive supplement auxiliary

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

She wore a stylish scarf as her only ____ to the simple dress.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

A scarf is a great ____ to add a pop of color to your outfit.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Medieval Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kezdō Medieval Latin cēdō Medieval Latin accēdō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Medieval Latin -tor Medieval Latin accessor Medieval Latin -ius Medieval Latin accessōriusbor. English accessory From Medieval Latin accessōrius, from Latin accessor (“helper, subordinate”), from accessus. Compare access, from same root.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Amongst many secondary, and accessory causes that support Monarchy, these are not of least reckning, […]" — 1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished in Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC, page 48:

"Dichotomy may, not infrequently, affect other digits; thus in fig. 61 a chick is represented with two bifid toes and partial duplicity of the left leg. Birds with these accessory parts may live and attain the adult condition." — 1895, Sir John Bland-Sutton, Evolution and disease, page 113:

"There was an accessory finger present on the ulnar side of each hand." — 1958, Acta Pædiatrica:

"Duplications and accessory toes can sometimes be simply reduced or removed, but occasionally the skeletal architecture is very complex and careful planning and meticulous surgery are necessary." — 2010 March 10, Michael Benson, John Fixsen, Malcolm Macnicol, Klausdieter Parsch, Children’s Orthopaedics and Fractures, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 537:

"the aspect and accessories of a den of banditti" — 1851, Thomas Carlyle, The Life of John Sterling, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:

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