Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a grammatical manner, or according to the principles and rules of grammar; as regards grammar or the structure of language.

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  • adverb in a grammatical manner
  • adverb concerning grammar

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  • adverb in a grammatical manner

Etymologies

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grammatical +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • In my haste, I did not even get the title grammatically correct, but the summary is schedule is just amazingly good!

    RubyCorner 2008

  • In my haste, I did not even get the title grammatically correct, but the summary is schedule is just amazingly good!

    Mike Does Tech 2008

  • Blair Hurley of The Creative Writing Corner, says the challenge with writing interior monologues is two fold: thinking often does not occur in grammatically correct sentences.

    Interior Monologues in Writing « Write Anything 2010

  • Over the following weeks, I will explore this notion a little deeper; suffice to say, normal people do not speak in grammatically correct sentences.

    The Trouble with Dialogue – Part 1 « Write Anything 2010

  • I am aware that African American director Tyler Perry is a "name" in America and can get away with being incredibly arrogant by including his name in a movie title - even going so far as to make his titles grammatically vulgar, Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, anyone?

    Archive 2009-10-01 Glenn Dunks 2009

  • I am aware that African American director Tyler Perry is a "name" in America and can get away with being incredibly arrogant by including his name in a movie title - even going so far as to make his titles grammatically vulgar, Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, anyone?

    Tyler Perry, "The Colour Yellow" and Precious Glenn Dunks 2009

  • Were Stubblefield speaking one of the Romance languages, he said, it might well have verged on a linguistic faux pas, but since both villa and incognito had long since been incorporated into English, and since English had never burdened itself with gender endings, Dern decreed the name grammatically immaculate.

    Villa Incognito Robbins, Tom 2003

  • And sometimes subject of the sentence is to be interpreted still more freely as the word grammatically dominant in the part of the sentence that contains the gerund.

    The Gerund. 1908

  • Send me a message using five of the following phrases (with modifications to make the phrase grammatically correct within the sentence) and writing 100 words.

    Freelancer.com - New Projects 2010

  • Send me a message using five of the following phrases (with modifications to make the phrase grammatically correct within the sentence) and writing 100 words.

    Freelancer.com - New Projects 2010

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  • "Mall Man : Gay CIA Rat" said Ana grammatically.

    December 12, 2007