idiomatic

[ id-ee-uh-mat-ik ]

/ ˌɪd i əˈmæt ɪk /

peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French.

containing or using many idioms.

having a distinct style or character, especially in the arts: idiomatic writing; an idiomatic composer.

Also id·i·o·mat·i·cal.

Origin of idiomatic

1705–15; < Late Greek idiōmatikós, equivalent to idiōmat- (stem of idíōma) idiom + -ikos -ic

id·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb id·i·o·mat·i·cal·ness, id·i·o·ma·tic·i·ty

[id-ee-oh-muh-tis-i-tee] /ˌɪd i oʊ məˈtɪs ɪ ti/, noun non·id·i·o·mat·ic, adjective non·id·i·o·mat·i·cal, adjective

non·id·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb non·id·i·o·mat·i·cal·ness, noun un·id·i·o·mat·ic, adjective un·id·i·o·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

Full-time residents, who call themselves Yoopers, use the same name to refer to their idiomatic English.

Welcome to Yooperland, A Little Slice of Finland in Michigan |Jane & Michael Stern |May 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the meantime, she continues to speak with idiomatic brusqueness.

Mamata Banerjee, India's Political Superwoman |Shoma Chaudhury |May 18, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
“There was no absolute word in the Russian idiomatic language,” he said.

Nikita Khrushchev, Talk Show Guest |Stephen Battaglio |November 20, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
It is unfortunate that one so profound in Pophamistic lore should not express his ideas in clear and idiomatic English.

The Popham Colony |William Frederick Poole

His idiomatic lust for control is to be accepted as a root-fact of his peculiar type of being.

Blood and Iron |John Hubert Greusel
In ‘Henry V’ the dialogue in many scenes is carried on in French, which is grammatically accurate if not idiomatic.

A Life of William Shakespeare |Sidney Lee
Idiomatic; root unknown to me, but it means in this use, fall total, and without recovery.

On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) |John Ruskin
This pretty dance, with its idiomatic English, which comes to us from the extreme South, is obviously not modern.

Games and Songs of American Children |Various