grammatical
Americanadjective
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of or relating to grammar.
grammatical analysis.
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conforming to standard usage.
grammatical speech.
adjective
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of or relating to grammar
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(of a sentence) well formed; regarded as correct and acceptable by native speakers of the language
Other Word Forms
- antigrammatical adjective
- antigrammatically adverb
- antigrammaticalness noun
- grammatically adverb
- grammaticalness noun
- hypergrammatical adjective
- hypergrammatically adverb
- hypergrammaticalness noun
Etymology
Origin of grammatical
1520–30; < Latin grammatic ( us ) (< Greek grammatikós knowing one's letters, equivalent to grammat-, stem of grámma letter + -ikos -ic ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Better yet, ask them to spot the spelling and grammatical errors on the menu—e.g.,
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
AI is also more likely to create lyrics that follow a correct grammatical structure, says Rich, whereas some of the most beautiful or memorable words penned by humans don't always make sense.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
Director Lynne Ramsay has no patience for grammatical formalities and her latest burns with the punk ferocity of her finest film, 2002’s “Morvern Callar.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
But those who were contacted eventually questioned the source of information when the impersonator asked for a cash transfer and began to make grammatical errors or use language that did not seem consistent with Wiles’.
From Salon • May 30, 2025
Only after laying a semblance of it on the page can a writer free up the cognitive resources needed to make the sentence grammatical, graceful, and, most important, transparent to the reader.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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