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, 29 Jan. 2025

Others pointed out grammatical errors in the note, reinforcing their opinion that the driver was careless in more ways than one. —Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025

Other red flags can include misspellings, grammatical errors, or inconsistent formatting in the message—a fuzzy IRS or similar logo can also be a sign. —Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2025

Analyze the content: Be wary of messages with urgent subjects, grammatical errors, or strange URLs. —Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 19 Jan. 2025

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