grammatical
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ɪ adjective
1.
of or pertaining to grammar: grammatical analysis.
2.
conforming to standard usage: grammatical speech.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin grammatic(us) (< Greek grammatikós knowing one's letters, equivalent to grammat-, stem of grámma letter + -ikos -ic) + -al1
1520–30; < Latin grammatic(us) (< Greek grammatikós knowing one's letters, equivalent to grammat-, stem of grámma letter + -ikos -ic) + -al1
Related forms
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
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to grammar |
| 2. | (of a sentence) well formed; regarded as correct and acceptable by native speakers of the language |
| gram'matically | |
| —adv | |
| gram'maticalness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Negative evidence would undermine this claim and require us to ask why chimpanzees are unable to learn a grammatical language.
The best instruction integrates whole language and grammatical instruction with rich reading and writing experiences.
Quite a number had misspellings or grammatical errors.
The main difference is erratic behavior, with speech that is not grammatical or is random-ordered.
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