idiomatic

[id-ee-uh-mat-ik]

adjective

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.

Also id·i·o·mat·i·cal.

Origin of idiomatic

1705–15; < Late Greek idiōmatikós, equivalent to idiōmat- (stem of idíōma) idiom + -ikos -ic

Related formsid·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbid·i·o·mat·i·cal·ness, id·i·o·ma·tic·i·ty

[id-ee-oh-muh-tis-i-tee] /ˌɪd i oʊ məˈtɪs ɪ ti/, nounnon·id·i·o·mat·ic, adjectivenon·id·i·o·mat·i·cal, adjectivenon·id·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·id·i·o·mat·i·cal·ness, nounun·id·i·o·mat·ic, adjectiveun·id·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Historical Examples of idiomatically

If he looked ahead he would see what we idiomatically know as his "finish."
The Conquest of Fear
Basil King
"Me either," said Mrs. Treacher, idiomatically, and bent over the basket.
Major Vigoureux
A. T. Quiller-Couch
Idiomatically, "the bores, the spoil-sports, or wet-blankets."
An Englishman in Paris
Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
Picard, the one-legged soldier, idiomatically expressed the thought of the Salle.
Wounded and a Prisoner of War
Malcolm V. (Malcolm Vivian) Hay
Colin answered him more quickly and idiomatically than Sir Henry had expected.
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3)
Grant Allen

Word Origin and History for idiomatically

idiomatic

adj.

1712, from Latin idiomaticus, from Greek idiomatikos; from idios "one's own" (see idiom) + matos "thinking, animated" (see automaton).