Gram*mat"ic*al (?), a. [L. grammaticus, grammaticalis; Gr. skilled in grammar, knowing one's letters, from a letter: cf. F. grammatical. See Grammar.]

1.

Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.

2.

According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical.

--Gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Gram*mat"ic*al*ness, n.

 

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