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idiomatically

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id·i·o·mat·ic  (d--mtk)
adj.
1.
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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Adv.1.idiomatically - in an idiomatic manner; "he expressed himself idiomatically"
Translations
idiomatically [ˌɪdɪəˈmætɪkəlɪ] ADVidiomáticamente
idiomatically
advidiomatisch
idiomatically [ˌɪdɪəˈmætɪklɪ] advin modo idiomatico
idiomatically [ˌɪdɪəˈmætɪklɪ] advin modo idiomatico


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Serra's writings are almost idiomatically phenomenological; in 1973, for example, he accounts for the way a site-specific work such as Shift, 1971-72, is contingent on one's "awareness of physicality in time, space and motion," almost as if that aspect were part of the basic logistics of installing the piece.
Indeed the dancers--all but swept along by the music vibrantly orchestrated by Doug Besterman and Danny Troob and idiomatically conducted by Andrea Quinn--dance with a carefree zest unusual on the ballet stage.
Extensive work on the process has been done at the Sandia National Laboratories; one of the terms that is idiomatically used even by the scientists to describe the process is "splat," which is certainly a characteristic of deformability.
 
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