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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Examples from the Web for grammatically

Contemporary Examples of grammatically

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
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
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
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

Historical Examples of grammatically

How, it may be replied, can we with propriety say, grammatically incorrect?
The Verbalist
Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
"Yes, it's me," he said, more cheerfully than grammatically.
A Widow's Tale and Other Stories
Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
It is not every man in your walk in life who can write as grammatically as you have dreamed.
The Dreamers
John Kendrick Bangs
But French is thoroughly and grammatically taught in America.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
Florence Hartley
Grammatically, line 72 is an example of the absolute construction, common in Latin.
Milton's Comus
John Milton

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).