grammatical

[gruh-mat-i-kuh l]

adjective

of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.

conforming to standard usage: grammatical speech.

Origin of grammatical

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

Related formsgram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverban·ti·gram·mat·i·cal, adjectivean·ti·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverban·ti·gram·mat·i·cal·ness, nounhy·per·gram·mat·i·cal, adjectivehy·per·gram·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbhy·per·gram·mat·i·cal·ness, noun

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Breaking the offending sentence into two sentences is grammatically correct but often rhythmically wrong.
Donald E. Westlake Defends the Semicolon|Donald E. Westlake|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My apologies if the tenses in the preceeding sentence are grammatically incorrect.
Royal Baby Is First Person To Get a Wikipedia Page Before It Is Born|Tom Sykes|July 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In principle, the more correct way to speak is the way that we should write—in complete sentences, grammatically correct, etc.
Ben Yagoda: How I Not Write Bad|Noah Charney|February 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And, judging by the titles, they're not written by the most grammatically proficient users.
Should Facebook Ban Sexist Pages?|Jessica Bennett|November 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The interchange of adjoining metrically and grammatically equivalent substantives is very common.
The Last Poems of Ovid|Ovid
In ‘Henry V’ the dialogue in many scenes is carried on in French, which is grammatically accurate if not idiomatic.
A Life of William Shakespeare|Sidney Lee
The Ablative Absolute is grammatically independent of the rest of the sentence.
New Latin Grammar|Charles E. Bennett
"'T ain't me," answered Dora, more truthfully than grammatically.
A Flock of Girls and Boys|Nora Perry
When he spoke, though what he said was grammatically correct, his accent revealed the fact that he was not a native of our Isles.
Pharos, The Egyptian|Guy Newell Boothby

British Dictionary definitions for grammatically

grammatical

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 grammatically

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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