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syn·tac·tic

 (sĭn-tăk′tĭk) or syn·tac·ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or conforming to the rules of syntax.

[Greek suntaktikos, putting together, from suntaktos, constructed, from suntassein, to construct; see syntax.]

syn·tac′ti·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.syntactical - of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax; "the syntactic rules of a language"
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