grammatically, adv.
(grəˈmætɪkəlɪ)
[f. grammatical a. + -ly2.]
In a grammatical manner.
1. In accordance with the rules of grammar.
| 1589 Fleming (title) The Georgiks of Publius Virgilius Maro..Grammaticallie translated into English meter by A. F. 1651 Hobbes Leviath. iv. xliv. 341 Which words, if taken grammatically [etc.]. a 1661 Fuller Worthies, Yorksh. (1662) iii. 189 This is called the Petrifying well (how grammatically I will not engage). 1720 Waterland Serm. Christ's Divinity vi. Wks. 1823 II. 128 The words will grammatically bear this construction. 1776 Trial of Nundocomar 52/2 He..speaks it [Moors] more grammatically than common Bengalers do. 1802 Syd. 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 2.)
| 1477 Norton Ord. Alch. v. in Ashm. (1652) 59 Conjoyne your Elements Grammatically. 1883 Harper's Mag. Sept. 571/2 These works of Mr. Haight's are grammatically ‘correct’ Gothic. |