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grammatically

American  
[gruh-mat-ik-lee] / grəˈmæt ɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a way that relates to grammar.

  2. in a way that conforms to standard language usage.


Example Sentences

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Maybe they simply, like Apple’s old grammatically challenged phrase, “think different.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Two of Engeland’s siblings arrived at the home and told police they thought Engeland didn’t write the texts sent from his number because he always texted in grammatically correct sentences.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

More educated parents more frequently labeled objects and events, their speech was grammatically more complex, and they more frequently repeated and expanded their children's prior utterances.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2024

And sometimes he says stuff you can’t even really kind of parse grammatically, and you’re not even sure how to fact-check it, because you’re not sure what he means.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2024

In fact, that is more likely to be grammatically correct than which.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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