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View synonyms for idiomatic

idiomatic

[ id-ee-uh-mat-ik ]

adjective

  1. peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect:

    idiomatic French.

  2. containing or using many idioms.
  3. having a distinct style or character, especially in the arts:

    idiomatic writing; an idiomatic composer.



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Other Words From

  • idi·o·mati·cal·ly adverb
  • idi·o·mati·cal·ness id·i·o·ma·tic·i·ty [id-ee-oh-m, uh, -, tis, -i-tee], noun
  • nonid·i·o·matic adjective
  • nonid·i·o·mati·cal adjective
  • nonid·i·o·mati·cal·ly adverb
  • nonid·i·o·mati·cal·ness noun
  • unid·i·o·matic adjective
  • unid·i·o·mati·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of idiomatic1

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

I was confident I was being scammed in some way but the idiomatic language and contextual knowledge of Westminster was unsettling.

From BBC

Added Fraction: “Even if we spoke Japanese as a second language, that idiomatic stuff is the hardest thing to get.”

“Signing is very idiomatic, it’s conveying concepts with your face and hands, so we ended up changing the script,” Barclay says.

Fairy tales, idiomatic expressions, warrior tales all amplified human fear, and led to the systematic extermination of wolves across Britain and Europe.

The new volume, in a sensitive and briskly idiomatic translation by Ross Benjamin, offers revelation upon revelation.

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