a. [f. mod.L. syntacticus: see prec. and -ICAL. Cf. syntaxical.] Belonging or relating to grammatical syntax. Also transf. in reference to musical composition (quot. 1597).
1577. Peacham, Gard. Eloquence, Bj. A figure is deuided into Tropes & Schemates, Grammatical, Orthographical, Syntactical.
1597. Morley, Introd. Mus., Annot. ¶ j b. Musicke is diuided into two parts, the first may be called Elementarie or rudimental, teaching to know the quality and quantity of notes…. The second may be called Syntactical, Poetical, or effectiue; treatinge of soundes, concordes, and discords.
1755. Johnson, Dict., Pref. The various syntactical structures occurring in the examples.
1846. M. Williams, Sansk. Gram., 29. This absence of syntactical auxiliaries leads to the necessity for eight cases.
1852. Blackie, Stud. Lang., 32. To make a regular study of the syntactical laws of the language.
1891. Driver, Introd. Lit. Old Test. (1892), 504. Instances of singular syntactical usages.
Hence Syntactically adv., in relation to, or according to the rules of, syntax.
1706. Bailey (title), English and Latin Exercises for school-boys, to translate into Latin syntactically.
1858–9. G. P. Marsh, Engl. Lang., xiii. (1862), 191. They are not syntactically connected.
