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accustomed Definition

ac·cus·tomed (ə kustəmd)

adjective

  1. customary; usual; characteristic he spoke with accustomed ease
  2. used (to); habituated (to) accustomed to obeying orders

accustomed Synonyms

accustomed

modif.

usual, customary, habitual; see conventional 1, usual 2. See syn. study atusual.

accustomed Usage Examples

Infinitive complement

  • think: It is about the way that we have become accustomed to think about this issue for decades.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: She'd become so accustomed to the British Roadster, and now had to change over to a VW Golf convertible.
  • quite: Many of these Wildlife Reserves are long established, consequently some of the wildlife have become quite accustomed to visitors.
  • not: Was she not accustomed to demanding barley in the middle of the night?
  • somewhat: I for one am grown somewhat accustomed to them.
  • very: After a while, your pet will become very accustomed to the new baby in the house.
  • too: The trouble was, as far as I can tell, that I've become too accustomed to a more cerebral gaming experience.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: I have become accustomed to watching the 5am news, not the 5pm news.
  • grow: We've grown accustomed to a Britain without miners.
  • get: You can also use a rat pouch, which is an ideal refuges for baby rats getting accustomed to being close to you.

Modifies a noun

  • place: What is wrong with wanting to ensure that we keep God in his accustomed place?
  • hour: At the accustomed hour, too, the bell had sounded thrice to call the family to worship.
  • position: He buys a ticket and takes up his accustomed position under the train carriage.
  • energy: Executives frequently ` ` go stale ' ' on their jobs and lose their accustomed energy and initiative.
  • wage: If they could retain their accustomed wage with less effort, they would do so.
  • form: Their esthetics departed noticeably from the accustomed free form heard in Iskra and Lokomotiv Konkret.
accustomed Quotes

I have already heard it. I had better not go: I will start to get accustomed to it and finally like it.

—Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Andreievich

He woke me from the torpor of the accustomed.

—Warren, Robert Penn

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