grammatically

adverb

gram·​mat·​i·​cal·​ly grə-ˈma-ti-k(ə-)lē 

: in a way pertaining to grammar : with regard to grammar or in accordance with grammatical rules

speaking grammatically

a grammatically complex sentence

Two Welsh men who were busted for possession of marijuana were spared jail time by a judge who commended their grammatically correct text messages.

—Rachel DeSantis

Just as we teach children how to ride bikes by putting them on a bicycle, we need to teach students how to write grammatically by letting them write.

—Michelle Navarre Cleary

Examples of grammatically in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Foreign nationals can now write more compelling, grammatically correct copy avoiding the telltale mistakes of old. —Zak Doffman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024

For instance, the program is better at decrypting codes when the answer is a grammatically complete sentence instead of a random jumble of words—the former is likely better reflected in its training data. —Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024

Each is a lone wolf, however, and as the grammatically incorrect title Wolfs suggests (justice for proper pluralization of nouns!), being saddled with a partner is not their preferred state of being. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024

Many point out that Spanish is grammatically patriarchal. —Jorge Ramirez Gomez, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above