grammatical

[ gruh-mat-i-kuh l ]

/ grəˈmæt ɪ kəl /

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adjective

of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.

conforming to standard usage: grammatical speech.

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Origin of grammatical

1520–30; < Latin grammatic(us) (< Greek grammatikós knowing one's letters, equivalent to grammat-, stem of grámma letter + -ikos -ic) + -al¹

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gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverban·ti·gram·mat·i·cal, adjectivean·ti·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverban·ti·gram·mat·i·cal·ness, noun

hy·per·gram·mat·i·cal, adjectivehy·per·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbhy·per·gram·mat·i·cal·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for grammatical

The fact that some prescriptive rules are valuable does not mean that every grammatical injunction should be obeyed.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With|Nick Romeo|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The current issue is also filled with dozens of grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.
It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine|Alex Suskind|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On the other hand, the grammatical errors and similarities to the Gospel of Thomas are still a problem.
The ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ is Still as Big a Mystery as Ever|Candida Moss|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The clash of English with the grammatical form of the Irish language gave it new color and shape.
How I Write: Paul Lynch|Noah Charney|December 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST

What the diatribe lacked in grammatical proficiency, it made up for in drama.
Netflix Promises More ‘Arrested Development,’ Batman Prequel Coming to Fox|Culture Team|September 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In all these cases the Scots adjective is invariable; the final e, which often occurs, is of no grammatical significance.
The Bruce|John Barbour
In vain we search them for the grammatical categories either of our own or of other spoken languages—none may be found.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
Accordingly, it marks a sudden, or abrupt, change in the grammatical structure of a sentence.
"Stops"|Paul Allardyce
A word or group of words that has no grammatical connection with the sentence in which it stands is called an independent element.
An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises|George Lyman Kittredge
A full discussion of these grammatical details can be found in the leading commentaries on the Apocalypse.
A Harmony of the Gospels for Students of the Life of Christ|Archibald Thomas Robertson

British Dictionary definitions for grammatical

grammatical

/ (ɡrəˈmætɪkəl) /

adjective

of or relating to grammar

(of a sentence) well formed; regarded as correct and acceptable by native speakers of the language

Derived Formsgrammatically, adverbgrammaticalness, noun

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Word Origin and History for grammatical

grammatical

adj.

1520s, from Middle French grammatical and directly from Late Latin grammaticalis "of a scholar," from grammaticus "pertaining to grammar" (see grammar). Related: Grammatically (c.1400).

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