adv
Meaning 1
According to the rules of syntax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The sentence was syntactically correct, but made no sense.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
syntactically
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adverb
Meaning 2
with respect to syntax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- syntactically ill-formed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English syntactic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English syntactically From syntactic + -ally.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: sintàcticament — according to the rules of syntax
- Finnish: syntaktisesti — according to the rules of syntax
- Finnish: lauseopillisesti — according to the rules of syntax
- French: syntaxiquement — according to the rules of syntax
- Polish: składniowo — according to the rules of syntax
- Russian: синтакси́чески (sintaksíčeski) — according to the rules of syntax
- Spanish: sintácticamente — according to the rules of syntax