syntacticallyadv.
/sɪnˈtaktᵻkli/, U.S. /sɪnˈtæktək(ə)li/ With respect to syntax; according to the rules of syntax.
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syntactically1698
syntagmatically1937
lexotactically1972
1698 W. Cross Taghmical Art ii. 211 If the third Word be..Syntactically Construed, [etc.].
1706 N. Bailey (title) English and Latin exercises for schoolboys, to translate into Latin syntactically.
1762 J. Buchanan Brit. Gram. iv. ii. 182 Exercises of false Syntax..as an Introduction to the Scholar's Writing English syntactically.
1821 M. Stuart Hebrew Gram. 287 By case absolute is meant, the case of a noun which stands in the beginning of a sentence, syntactically unconnected with any following predicate.
1860 G. P. Marsh Lect. Eng. Lang. xv. 318 A single ejaculatory monosyllable, or phrase not syntactically connected with a period.
1940 W. V. Quine Math. Logic vii. 286 The fact that ‘Vbl’..and ‘LFmla’ are definable in this syntactical notation is perhaps best expressed..by speaking of them as syntactically definable.
1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Oct. 593/1 The ‘angry young men’ of England (who refuse to write grammatically and syntactically in order to flaunt their proletarian artistry).
1992 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 37 81 Expressions with such meanings are syntactically and morphologically complex, built up from adverbs and prepositions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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