1520-30; < Latingrammatic(us) (< Greekgrammatikós knowing one's letters, equivalent to grammat-, stem of grámma letter + -ikos-ic) + -al1
Related forms
grammatically, adverb
antigrammatical, adjective
antigrammatically, adverb
antigrammaticalness, noun
hypergrammatical, adjective
hypergrammatically, adverb
hypergrammaticalness, noun
Examples from the web for grammatical
It has grammatical errors, unclosed parentheses, awards left out.
The text contained both grammatical errors and blatant content errors.
In some experiments, instead of copying their human instructors, robots even invent their own words and grammatical structures.
They found that people rated each object according to its grammatical gender.
They've decided to start fining reporters who misspell words or make grammatical errors in copy.
The messages were not riddled with grammatical errors, as some earlier phishing messages were.
Negative evidence would undermine this claim and require us to ask why chimpanzees are unable to learn a grammatical language.
But let's not give up on that elusive grammatical mood.
In an education publication you'd think it unthinkable to have a grammatical error in the first sentence of an article.
Many of them are barely literate, sprinkling their statements on the web with grammatical errors.
British Dictionary definitions for grammatical
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
grammatically, adverb grammaticalness, noun
Word Origin and History for grammatical
adj.
1520s, from Middle French grammatical and directly from Late Latin grammaticalis "of a scholar," from grammaticus "pertaining to grammar" (see grammar). Related: Grammatically (c.1400).