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

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, 25 Mar. 2025

This story was updated to correct a grammatical error. —Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025

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, 19 Mar. 2025

In fact, Walsh went further by claiming that when someone talks about phishing awareness in terms of looking for suspicious links, or unexpected attachments, and definitely grammatical and spelling errors in emails and messages, this is not only wrong but potentially very dangerous advice indeed. —Davey Winder, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

see grammar

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing grammatical

• grammatical gender
• grammatical meaning

Rhymes for grammatical

• dogmatical
• fanatical
• sabbatical
• emblematical
• enigmatical
• kinematical
• mathematical
• problematical
• ungrammatical
• statical

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