|idēə|mad.]ik, -at], ]ēk adjective
also id·i·om·at·i·cal ]ə̇kəl, ]ēk-
Etymology: Late Greek idiōmatikos peculiar, characteristic, from Greek idiōmat-, idiōma + -ikos -ic, -ical
1. : of, relating to, or conforming to idiom
idiomatic fluency in speech and writing
a highly idiomatic concerto
idiomatic English
2. : peculiar to a particular group or individual : individual
one person acting in his idiomatic purposeful fashion to evoke a response from another — John Dewey
grows to value the physical sex life per se rather than as a symbol of idiomatic relationships — F.S.Chapin
how vigorous and idiomatic was the native life — John Buchan
• id·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly ]ə̇k(ə)lē, ]ēk-, -li adverb
• id·i·o·mat·ic·ness ]iknə̇s, ]ēk-\ noun -es