grammatical
/ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/ adjective
- adjective 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.”
- adjective Of or pertaining to grammar. “The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors.”
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Etymology
From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.
- adjective According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ness, n.
Etymology [L. grammaticus, grammaticalis; Gr. grammatical. See Grammar.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “grammatical”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details