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grammatically, adv.|grəˈmætɪkəlɪ|
[f. grammatical a. + -ly2.]
In a grammatical manner.
1. In accordance with the rules of grammar.
1589Fleming (title) The Georgiks of Publius Virgilius Maro..Grammaticallie translated into English meter by A. F. 1651Hobbes Leviath. iv. xliv. 341 Which words, if taken grammatically [etc.]. a1661Fuller Worthies, Yorksh. (1662) iii. 189 This is called the Petrifying well (how grammatically I will not engage). 1720Waterland Serm. Christ's Divinity vi. Wks. 1823 II. 128 The words will grammatically bear this construction. 1776Trial of Nundocomar 52/2 He..speaks it [Moors] more grammatically than common Bengalers do. 1802Syd. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 13 Those who write grammatically, and those who do not. 1865E. 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 2.)
1477Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 59 Conjoyne your Elements Grammatically. 1883Harper's Mag. Sept. 571/2 These works of Mr. Haight's are grammatically ‘correct’ Gothic. |