Grammatical

//ɡɹəˈmætɪkəl// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to grammar.

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers wordnet
  2. 2
    of or pertaining to grammar wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
grammaticgrammaticadjectivaladverbialattributiveconjunctive

Example

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"Your composition is free from all grammatical mistakes."

Etymology

From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.

Related phrases

grammatical alternationgrammatical aspectgrammatical casegrammatical categorygrammatical gendergrammatical moodgrammatical persongrammatical wordhistorical-grammaticalhistorico-grammaticalmorpho syntax

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