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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
idiomatic
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an idiomatic expression (=an idiom )
▪ Try to avoid using idiomatic expressions in an essay.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
phrase
▪ Does the text contain idiomatic phrases and if so, with what kind of dialect or register are these idioms associated?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Their books are translated into idiomatic English.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Does the text contain idiomatic phrases and if so, with what kind of dialect or register are these idioms associated?
▪ Good on authentic and idiomatic language.
▪ In terms of style it's like a short Bach piece containing lots of idiomatic motifs and pedal tone ideas.
▪ Louis and the Leighton Smith versions score high marks for idiomatic performances of works otherwise all-but-impossible to find on records.
▪ Performances are idiomatic, with well sprung rhythms and sensibly chosen tempi, and benefit from a generally cool and restrained approach.
▪ She makes a decent enough job of the second of these, but her playing is not always fully idiomatic.
▪ There are good pedagogic reasons for avoiding idiomatic idiosyncrasy of this kind.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Idiomatic

Idiomatic \Id`i*o*mat"ic\, Idiomatical \Id`i*o*mat"ic*al\, a.

  1. Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase. -- Id`i*o*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

  2. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of an idiom[3]; having a meaning that is peculiar to itself and not predictable from general rules.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
idiomatic

1712, from Latin idiomaticus, from Greek idiomatikos; from idios "one's own" (see idiom) + matos "thinking, animated" (see automaton).

Wiktionary
idiomatic

a. 1 Pertaining or conforming to the mode of expression characteristic of a language. 2 Resembling or characteristic of an idiom. 3 Using many idioms. 4 (context music English) Parts or pieces which are written both within the natural physical limitations of the instrument and human body and, less so or less often, the styles of playing used on specific instruments.

WordNet
idiomatic

adj. of or relating to or conforming to idiom; "idiomatic English" [syn: idiomatical]

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Usage examples of "idiomatic".

Though he prided himself on his English, he needed a translator to grasp Kyles rapid, idiomatic speech.

The latter ability was important, whether dealing with the general archetypical figures or the idiomatic entities that inhabited specific Locations.

Many idiomatic words and expressions, peculiar to the language, have been given, besides which a number of the common mistakes and pitfalls have been placed before the reader so that he may know and avoid them.

Mr Vladimir, frowning, paused, at a loss for a sufficiently idiomatic expression, and instantly brightened up, with a grin of beautifully white teeth.

Should he be kissing his own mother on the lips, his identity would yet be a mystery to her when our physicians have concluded his transformation and yet, so handsome a-what is that idiomatic expression you so charmingly employ, o incomparable jewel among jewels, when referring to my personal physique and sexual prowess?

Literally the French translated to 'Belly to the ground' but it was an idiomatic expression and was used historically to mean 'with great speed'.

This, of course, was not a physical threat, but only an idiomatic expression that shouldn't be taken literally.

Let the same license be allowed in English, the roots of which, native and adopted, are perhaps more numerous, and its idiomatic terminations more various than of the Greek, and see what the language would become.