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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

Judging from the grammatically tortured sentences left behind, this culling was probably conducted by code; it looks as though someone ran a slightly more complicated version of Find + Delete across the site.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2025

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

Legions of people think of rather stiff sentences—None of Dempsey’s teeth was chipped, or None ofTunney’s fingers was broken—as grammatically correct.

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