Also spelled gramatical

US /ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/
adj Freq #53178

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers

    Spoke in grammatical sentences.

  2. 2
    adj

    Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.

    Your writing in English is not grammatical enough for publication, so we will hire an editor to fix it where necessary while preserving the intended meaning.

  3. 3
    adj

    Of or pertaining to grammar.

    The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors.

  4. 4
    adj

    of or pertaining to grammar

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · conforming to the rules of... well-formed
2 adj · not breaching any... grammatic
3 adj · of or pertaining to grammar. grammatic
4 adj · of or pertaining to grammar grammatic
Word family
Forms grammatically
Derived forms antegrammaticalantigrammaticalcryptogrammaticalgrammaticalitygrammaticalizationgrammaticalizegrammaticallygrammaticalnesshistorical-grammaticalhistorico-grammaticalhypergrammaticallexicogrammatical

Etymology

From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.

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