Idiom
Idiom noun - The style of a particular artist or school or movement.
Usage example: an imaginative orchestral idiom
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Synonyms for Idiom
Manner and idiom are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Manner" instead a noun "Idiom".
Manner
Manner noun - A distinctive way of putting ideas into words.
Usage example: the former doctor writes his novels very much in the manner of someone who is used to observing the smallest details
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Synonyms for Manner
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How words are described
| exact | exact idiom | exact manner |
| usual | usual idiom | usual manner |
| specific | specific idiom | specific manner |
| polite | polite idiom | polite manner |
| Other adjectives: correct, proper, interesting, odd, exaggerated, different. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Unrelated to the idiom "like a hot knife through butter"... though hot blades may, indeed, cut through things in such a manner.
Source: Hot Blade - There's a sizable number of fan translators who think that any Japanese dialogue written in a rough or slangy manner must contain at least one curse word and/or crude idiom when translated into English.
Source: Obligatory Swearing
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