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grammatical

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as in literary

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Recent Examples of grammatical But more variations of Austronesian languages have been identified in Taiwan, accompanied with more intricate grammatical structures and expansive vocabularies, which has provided insights for linguists. — Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 Getting a simple explanation of a grammatical rule or the nuance of a term is a shortcut that helps adults learn faster. — Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026 The patients’ hippocampal neurons encoded specific semantic and grammatical features of spoken words. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 6 May 2026 Maybe one day the old pronoun whom will kick the grammatical bucket. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grammatical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammatical
  1. literary
  2. correct
  3. proper
  4. academic
  5. aristocratic
  6. educated
  7. bookish
Adjective
  • Most of the books were published between the nineteen-seventies and the twenty-tens, and the genres spanned history, biography, fiction, poetry, literary criticism, law, and the social sciences.
    — Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
  • During its 228 years of existence, the London restaurant Rules – established by Thomas Rule in 1798 – has welcomed everyone from literary giant Charles Dickens to pop queen Madonna.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of literary
Adjective
  • The signatories argue that a correct answer alone does not capture what makes mathematical research valuable.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
  • For far too many years, the most popular NBA analysts ran off vibes and nostalgia (correct pronunciation of foreign players’ names, not included).
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of correct
Adjective
  • But the jet rose above the normal path aircraft take on their approach to Runway 30 before dropping altitude to return back into proper position, tracking data from Flightradar24 showed.
    — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The 6,970-yard course is challenging but fair and open enough for all handicaps, from the proper tees, to have a good time.
    — Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of proper
Adjective
  • Inside the closed cockpits of WEC’s two classes of sports car, the difference may be academic.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Two decades and many drafts later, the project pulled in her academic background in gender studies alongside something more personal.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of academic
Adjective
  • Often, entrants include these alongside aristocratic and highbrow interests in a way that could reduce the appearance of snobbishness.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The Village Photographer Madeleine de Sinéty sloughed off her aristocratic upbringing and spent her life capturing small-town life in Brittany and Maine.
    — The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of aristocratic
Adjective
  • The early sales reps who thrived on instinct and relationships start selling into a market that’s crowded, educated and skeptical.
    — Doug May, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • That said, plenty of analysts and advocacy groups are already making educated guesses.
    — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of educated
Adjective
  • Like James himself, the men are clever and bookish, writing letters or diaries, reading voraciously, and imagining themselves into tales of romance and Biblical comeuppance.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Read our full bookish tribute to Parton here, or learn how to sign up for the Imagination Library here.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of bookish

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