Idiomatic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Idiomatic \Id`i*o*mat"ic\, Idiomatical \Id`i*o*mat"ic*al\, a.
     [Gr. 'idiwmatiko`s.]
     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.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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