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idiomatically

  • a word derived from idiom.
    idiom
    noun
    an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
  • a word derived from idiomatic.
    idiomatic
    adjective
    peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect.

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Another favorite the ensemble performs is “Ain’a That Good News,” a more lively tune which idiomatically chronicles the rewards waiting in heaven: “I got a crown up in-a that kingdom / Ain’a that good news!”

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2022

“When Basia was asked to come and clean house,” he said in 1985, “she took it idiomatically instead of literally.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2020

When someone talks idiomatically about a “house on fire,” she gets upset.

From The Verge ● Jan. 28, 2020

In his 60s, Jarrett can sound at his most idiomatically uninhibited in this setting, as was evident on his remarkable 2011 solo album Rio.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2013

But this elegant English, figlio mio, may be more idiomatically rendered, perhaps, in the language of the day, thus:—It doesn't pay!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various