idiomatic
[id-ee-uh-mat-ik]
- peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French.
- containing or using many idioms.
- having a distinct style or character, especially in the arts: idiomatic writing; an idiomatic composer.
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Also id·i·o·mat·i·cal.
Origin of idiomatic
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Examples from the Web for idiomatic
Contemporary Examples
Full-time residents, who call themselves Yoopers, use the same name to refer to their idiomatic English.
In the meantime, she continues to speak with idiomatic brusqueness.
“There was no absolute word in the Russian idiomatic language,” he said.
Historical Examples
His constant aim is to reproduce his text in a pure and idiomatic Danish.
Hymns and Hymnwriters of DenmarkJens Christian Aaberg
Another method is to read and translate some idiomatic foreign work.
The Aural SystemAnonymous
And she could translate quite well, in an idiomatic fashion.
A Little Girl in Old SalemAmanda Minnie Douglas
This accounts for his perfect and idiomatic English and for his knowledge of our cities.
In Chteau LandAnne Hollingsworth Wharton
He is not afraid of an idiomatic touch, nor of pithy, vigorous words.
Studies of Contemporary PoetsMary C. Sturgeon
Word Origin and History for idiomatic
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper