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Definition of Grammaticalness
1. Noun. (context: of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grammaticalness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grammaticalness
Literary usage of Grammaticalness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... rectitude; spec, accuracy, propriety, logicality, exactness, conventionality,
faultlessness, grammaticalness. 2. As to artistic taste, style, etc. ..."
2. Recent Exemplifications of False Philology by Fitzedward Hall (1872)
"... postulates a criterion of grammaticalness other than! the sole rational
criterion, general consent.2 1 Gray,—see his Works (ed. Mitford, 1858), Vol. ..."
3. Modern English by Fitzedward Hall (1873)
"... in order to bring out the alleged analogical absurdity of ' in respect of,
betokens a most peculiar estimate of grammaticalness. He cannot place side by ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"818. grammaticalness (gra-mat'i-kal-nes), ». The quality or state of being
grammatical, or according to the rules of grammar. ..."
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