idiomatic
[id-ee-uh-mat-ik]
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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.
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Also id·i·o·mat·i·cal.
Origin of idiomatic
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Examples from the Web for idiomatically
Historical Examples of idiomatically
If he looked ahead he would see what we idiomatically know as his "finish."
The Conquest of FearBasil King
"Me either," said Mrs. Treacher, idiomatically, and bent over the basket.
Major VigoureuxA. T. Quiller-Couch
Idiomatically, "the bores, the spoil-sports, or wet-blankets."
An Englishman in ParisAlbert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
Picard, the one-legged soldier, idiomatically expressed the thought of the Salle.
Wounded and a Prisoner of WarMalcolm V. (Malcolm Vivian) Hay
Colin answered him more quickly and idiomatically than Sir Henry had expected.
Babylon, Volume 2 (of 3)Grant Allen
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