Grammaticalness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grammatical \Gram*mat"ic*al\, a. [L. grammaticus, grammaticalis;
     Gr. ? skilled in grammar, knowing one's letters, from ? a
     letter: cf. F. grammatical. See {Grammar}.]
     1. Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as,
        a grammatical rule.
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     2. According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct;
        as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is
        not grammatical. --{Gram*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv. --
        {Gram*mat"ic*al*ness}, n.
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