syntactic
adjective
of or relating to syntax.
syntactically
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a word derived from
syntactic.
Example Sentences
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In her syntactically slippery second rendering, two ideas interlink.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2022
Another 15% of those surveyed say they use baby talk and 4% say they purposely use syntactically imperfect or grammatically incorrect phrases like “Whatchoo got dere?”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Dwight D. Eisenhower was sometimes syntactically challenged when speaking extemporaneously, but he came to the presidency with experience wielding executive power — conducting coalition warfare — and sometimes his foggy sentences disguised his guile.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
That is, commas, semicolons, and colons were plugged into a sentence in order to highlight, subordinate, or otherwise conduct its elements, connecting them syntactically.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
The “run-on” line ends with a preposition or other word which syntactically requires the next line.
From Philip Massinger by A. H. Cruickshank
