Accustomed Meaning
/əˈkʌs.təmd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFamiliar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions. (of a person)
adjFamiliar through use; usual; customary. (of a thing, condition, activity, etc.)
Sentence Examples
You will soon get accustomed to living here.
You will soon get accustomed to your new school.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After living in the city for years, she became ____ to the constant noise of traffic.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I am not ____ to waking up so early in the morning.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English accustom English -ed English accustomed From accustom + -ed.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“Miss Bennet, do you know who I am? I have not been accustomed to such language as this.”"
— 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 14, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
"Young Overton’s face assumed the bothered look of the man who is more accustomed to using his muscles than his wits […]"
— 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Missing Three-Quarter”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., published 1905, page 294:
"None of the Victorian mothers—and most of the mothers were Victorian—had any idea how casually their daughters were accustomed to be kissed."
— 1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Chapter 2”, in This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book I (The Romantic Egotist), page 64:
"It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour."
— c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
"Molly had no sooner apparelled herself in her accustomed Rags, than her Sisters began to fall violently upon her […]"
— 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 9, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV, page 170:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After living in the city for years, she became ____ to the constant noise of traffic.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I am not ____ to waking up so early in the morning.