grammatical

adjective

gram·​mat·​i·​cal grə-ˈma-ti-kəl 

1

: of or relating to grammar

2

: conforming to the rules of grammar

a grammatical sentence

grammaticality

grə-ˌma-tə-ˈka-lə-tē 

noun

grammaticalness

grə-ˈma-ti-kəl-nəs 

noun

Examples of grammatical in a Sentence

That sentence is not grammatical.

Recent Examples on the Web

Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio. —Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024

Editor’s Note: Please be mindful that this transcript does not go through our standard editorial process and may contain inaccuracies and grammatical errors. —Sid Evans, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024

These models do language really well, producing perfectly grammatical and meaningful sentences. —Gary Stix, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024

Intermezzo is a pleasant return to form: the free indirect style at which Rooney generally excels cycles among three characters, one of whom stumbles about Dublin in a Joycean haze of grammatical fragments. —Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

see grammar

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing grammatical

• grammatical gender
• grammatical meaning

Kids Definition

grammatical

adjective

gram·​mat·​i·​cal grə-ˈmat-i-kəl 

1

: of or relating to grammar

2

: conforming to the rules of grammar

a grammatical sentence

grammaticality

-ˌmat-ə-ˈkal-ət-ē 

noun

grammatically

-ˈmat-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

grammaticalness

-kəl-nəs 

noun