Syntactically
adjective
1.
of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English;
the syntactic rules for computer source code.
2.
consisting of or noting morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words in a corresponding construction:
The word blackberry, which consists of an adjective followed by a noun, is a syntactic compound.
adjective
1.
Also synˈtactical. relating to or determined by syntax
2.
(logic, linguistics) describable wholly with respect to the grammatical structure of an expression or the rules of well-formedness of a formal system
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