idiomatic

id·i·o·mat·ic (

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adj.

a. Peculiar to or characteristic of a given language.

b. Characterized by proficient use of idiomatic expressions: a foreigner who speaks idiomatic English.

2. Resembling or having the nature of an idiom.

3. Using many idioms.

4. Peculiar to or characteristic of the style or manner of a particular group or people.

idi·o·mati·cal·ly adv.

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Adj.

idiomatic - of or relating to or conforming to idiom; "idiomatic English"

idiomatical

idiomatic

adjective vernacular, native, everyday, conversational, dialectal She soon acquired a remarkable command of idiomatic English.

Translations

idiomatic [ˌɪdɪəˈmætɪk] ADJ → idiomático

idiomatic [ˌɪdiəˈmætɪk] adj [language] → idiomatique

idiomatic

adj → idiomatisch; to speak idiomatic German → idiomatisch richtiges Deutsch sprechen; an idiomatic expression → eine Redensart, eine idiomatische Redewendung

idiomatic [ˌɪdɪəˈmætɪk] adj → idiomatico/a

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Anidiomatical colloquial demotic Had as lief idiom idiomatic expression idiomatical idiomatically idiomatology in the lurch like clockwork locution out of whack overgrowth phrasal idiom Runyon ruralism rusticism saying	Saintsbury's book--a writer who has dealt with all the perturbing influences of our century in a manner as classical, as idiomatic, as easy and elegant, as Steele's: The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context Levin saw proofs of this in his dress, in the old-fashioned threadbare coat, obviously not his everyday attire, in his shrewd deep-set eyes, in his idiomatic, fluent Russian, in the imperious tone that had become habitual from long use, and in the resolute gestures of his large, red, sunburnt hands, with an old betrothal ring on the little finger. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context At once, with contemptuous perversity, Mr Vladimir changed the language, and began to speak idiomatic English without the slightest trace of a foreign accent. The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context	ideologist ideologue ideology ideomotor ides idesia Idesia polycarpa IDF Idhi idio- idioblast Idiocrasis idiocrasy Idiocratic idiocy Idiocyclophanous Idioelectric idioglossia idiogram idiograph idiographic Idiolatry idiolect idiom Idiom Neutral idiomatic idiomatic expression idiomatical idiomatically idiomaticity idiomatology idiomorphic idiomorphism Idiomorphous Idiomuscular Idiopathetic idiopathic idiopathic disease idiopathic disorder idiopathic hemochromatosis idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura idiopathy Idiophanous idiophone idioplasm Idioplasma Idiorepulsive idiosyncrasy idiosyncratic idiot idiot board	Idiojunctional Pacemaker Idiojunctional Rhythm Idiojunctional Rhythm Idiojunctional Rhythm Idiojunctional Rhythm Idiojunctional Rhythm Idiolalia Idiolalia Idiolalia idiolatry idiolect idiolect idiolectal idiolectal idiolectic idiolectic idiolects idiolects idiolysin idiom idiom idiom idiom Idiom List Idiom List Idiom List Idiom Neutral IDIOMA Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua Idioma hebrew idiomatic idiomatic expression idiomatic expression idiomatic expression Idiomatic phrase Idiomatic phrase Idiomatic phrase idiomatical idiomatically idiomaticity Idiomatics Idiomatics idiomatology idiomere Idiomorphic Idiomorphic idiomorphism idiomorphism Idiomorphous Idioms Idioms Idioms Idiomuscular Idiomuscular idiomuscular contraction IDioN Idiopathetic idiopathic idiopathic idiopathic Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia

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Anidiomatical
colloquial
demotic
Had as lief
idiom
idiomatic expression
idiomatical
idiomatically
idiomatology
in the lurch
like clockwork
locution
out of whack
overgrowth
phrasal idiom
Runyon
ruralism
rusticism
saying

Saintsbury's book--a writer who has dealt with all the perturbing influences of our century in a manner as classical, as idiomatic, as easy and elegant, as Steele's:

The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context

Levin saw proofs of this in his dress, in the old-fashioned threadbare coat, obviously not his everyday attire, in his shrewd deep-set eyes, in his idiomatic, fluent Russian, in the imperious tone that had become habitual from long use, and in the resolute gestures of his large, red, sunburnt hands, with an old betrothal ring on the little finger.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

At once, with contemptuous perversity, Mr Vladimir changed the language, and began to speak idiomatic English without the slightest trace of a foreign accent.

The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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