grammatically
- adverb
- /ɡrəˈmætɪkli/
- The essay was well-structured and grammatically correct, making it easy to read.
- grammatically correct
- grammatically correct sentence
- grammatically incorrect
The his means that it's a man or at least a masculine, grammatically masculine entity that owns the ring.
- The his means that it's a man or at least a masculine, grammatically masculine entity that owns the ring.
- Or he conjugated the verbs grammatically, That is according to the the canons of grammar, right?
- All ships female, and this is grammatically and largely in in, in ship names.
- Does this sort of show up like not necessarily like grammatically in like let's say Middle English or maybe.
Examples
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In fact, many Germans speak more grammatically correct English than some of us do.
Blog text (28) -
Grammatically, this guy was an idiot, which sort of gives credence to the theory that one of the clerks he had fired actually wrote most of this guy's major opinions.
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- Is it grammatically correct?
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"Might have" means nothing grammatically.
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It's not grammatically correct.
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The stem and each of the four plausible alternatives should make for a grammatically correct sentence.
Academic text (2004) -
It's often the only way to write using the singular that's grammatically correct and not clunky.
Blog text (19) -
Hey, Hairy Scot: "The Scots tend to be more grammatically correct than the English."
Blog text (31) -
Accuracy measures consist of the number of grammatically correct utterances and the adequacy of cohesive devices produced in the narrative.
Academic text (2013) -
Facts must be accurate; prose must be clear, nonsexist, nonracist, and grammatically correct; subheads should promote ease of reading.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
To do something in the right way
In the right way without making mistakes
In a way that follows the normal order of words in a sentence
Antonyms
How Correctly
Surface Forms
Morphology
grammatically = grammatical (transparent) = grammar + ical + ly
Standard adjective-to-adverb conversion ('grammatical' + '-ly') where the adjective itself is transparently derived from 'grammar' with a familiar adjectival suffix.
Etymology
Grammatically comes from grammar, which long ago came from a word that meant 'letter' or 'writing'. So to do something grammatically is to follow the rules of language, the correct way to write or speak.