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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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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of idiomatic1

1705–15; < Late Greek 徱ōپó, equivalent to 徱ō- (stem of íō ) 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.

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

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

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

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

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