grammatical

[ gruh-mat-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to grammar:

   grammatical analysis.

2. conforming to standard usage:

   grammatical speech.

grammatical

/ ɡrəˈmætɪkəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to grammar
2. (of a sentence) well formed; regarded as correct and acceptable by native speakers of the language

Derived Forms

• gramˈmatically, adverb
• gramˈmaticalness, noun

Other Words From

• gram·mati·cal·ly adverb
• anti·gram·mati·cal adjective
• anti·gram·mati·cal·ly adverb
• anti·gram·mati·cal·ness noun
• hyper·gram·mati·cal adjective
• hyper·gram·mati·cal·ly adverb
• hyper·gram·mati·cal·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grammatical¹

1520–30; < Latin grammatic ( us ) (< Greek grammatikós knowing one's letters, equivalent to grammat-, stem of grámma letter + -ikos -ic ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

While he found it thematically rich, it was the use of narration in different grammatical persons to express distinct perspectives that most intrigued him.

From Los Angeles Times

Unlike his boss, Vance is fully literate and capable of writing grammatical sentences without random capitalizations.

From Salon

Emphasizing this point, the ability to express complex meaning was strongly correlated only with using diverse expressions and the ability to modify their meaning, but not with grammatical features.

From Science Daily

These sorts of scams have been around for decades, though they often come with telltale signs of fraud, such as spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.

From BBC

“It’s possible to have very fluent grammatical text that may or may not have coherent underlying thought,” Dr. Mahowald said.

From New York Times

Related Words

• linguistic
• semantic