idiomatic
adjective
peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect.
idiomatical
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a variation of
idiomatic.
Example Sentences
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Conventional and idiomatical Italian forms have been expressly avoided.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
Thy prose is admirable, better than acute, idiomatical, off-hand, conversational, without inelegance, fresh as the laugh on the young cheek, and full of brain.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach
The expressions, "generally speaking," and "considering their means," under number 4, are idiomatical and anomalous, the subjects to the participles not being specified.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
This last sentence was addressed especially to the sea-captain and me, the idiomatical English in which the passing fancy of the speaker found expression being wholly unintelligible to all except ourselves.
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes
Mr. Linden, it was a providential thing, that you should come along at this idiomatical moment.
From Say and Seal, Volume I by Susan Warner
