adverb
- in a way that relates to the arrangement and combination of words in sentences according to grammatical rules
Usage: linguistics; grammar
Examples
- The sentence is syntactically correct but semantically meaningless.
- Students must learn to write syntactically proper sentences.
- The code was syntactically valid but contained logical errors.
- She analyzed the poem syntactically to understand its structure.
- The translator ensured the text was syntactically accurate in both languages.
- Programming languages have rules that must be followed syntactically.