grammaticallyadv.
/ɡrəˈmatɪkəli/ In a grammatical manner.
1. In accordance with the rules of grammar.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > [adverb]
congruelyc1400
grammatically1589
congruously1642
1589 A. Fleming (title) The Georgiks of Publius Virgilius Maro..Grammaticallie translated into English meter by A. F.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 341 Which words, if taken grammatically [etc.].
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 189 This is called the Petrifying well, (how grammatically I will not engage).
1720 Waterland Serm. Christ's Divinity vi, in Wks. (1823) II. 128 The words will grammatically bear this construction.
1776 Trial Maha Rajah Nundocomar for Forgery 52/2 He..speaks it [Moors] more grammatically than common Bengalers do.
1802 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 13 Those who write grammatically, and those who do not.
1865 E. C. Clayton Cruel Fortune II. 220 To ascertain whether it was grammatically correct and properly spelt.
2. In accordance with the ‘grammar’ or rules of an art. (For quot. 1477 cf. gramarye n. 2.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > according to rule or standard > to the rules of an art or science
grammatically1477
formally1509
1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 59 Conjoyne your Elements Grammatically.
1883 Harper's Mag. Sept. 571/2 These works of Mr. Haight's are grammatically ‘correct’ Gothic.
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