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accustomed
[ uh-kuhs-tuhmd ]
adjective
- customary; usual; habitual:
in their accustomed manner.
Synonyms: regular, normal, characteristic
Antonyms: unusual
- habituated; acclimated (usually followed by to ):
accustomed to staying up late; accustomed to the noise of the subway.
accustomed
/ əˈkʌstəmd /
adjective
- usual; customary
- postpositivefoll byto used or inured (to)
- postpositivefoll byto in the habit (of)
accustomed to walking after meals
Other Words From
- ac·customed·ly adverb
- ac·customed·ness noun
- half-ac·customed adjective
- well-ac·customed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of accustomed1
Example Sentences
Or perhaps we instinctively classify Cubans as a people accustomed to being told what it is they need and want.
And if the bird is smaller than we are accustomed to, so what?
Maintaining the high caliber of guest to which his viewers have become accustomed, Galifianakis welcomes Brad Pitt to the ferns.
I liked the idea of being surrounded by people, and especially by people accustomed to air raids.
Once he got accustomed to his morphine dosages, his feelings of guilt kept him from falling asleep.
As his eye became accustomed to the gloom, David Arden saw traces of gilding on the walls.
Here is a chair, Monsieur Arden; but you can hardly see it until your eyes have grown a little accustomed to our crpuscula.
She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.
It was true that his sight had grown accustomed to the obscurity, for he could now see the baron's features much more distinctly.
She was not accustomed to an outward and spoken expression of affection, either in herself or in others.
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