grammatical.

1. Conforming to the grammatical system or rules of the relevant language or variety.

2. Relating to grammar or grammatical description.

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Words that belong together

• grammatical sentence
• grammatical construction

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The sentence was grammatical in the variety being described.

A grammatical construction could still convey a false statement.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Relational or grammatical-status adjective; ordinary degree comparison only where the characteristic genuinely allows it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: language analysis, sense distinction, word formation analysis, precise reference. Disciplines: academic writing, linguistics, dictionary and usage analysis. Commonness: moderately common.