All 31 Uses of
accustomed
in
David Copperfield
- Then she made a frown and a gesture to my mother, like one who was accustomed to be obeyed, to come and open the door.†
Chpt 1-3
- As soon as I and my box were in the cart, and the carrier seated, the lazy horse walked away with us all at his accustomed pace.†
Chpt 7-9
- I was accustomed to speak of the larder when I lived with papa and mama, and I use the word almost unconsciously.†
Chpt 10-12
- I had grown to be so accustomed to the Micawbers, and had been so intimate with them in their distresses, and was so utterly friendless without them, that the prospect of being thrown upon some new shift for a lodging, and going once more among unknown people, was like being that moment turned adrift into my present life, with such a knowledge of it ready made as experience had given me.†
Chpt 10-12
- 'My dear,' said Mr. Micawber; 'Copperfield,' for so he had been accustomed to call me, of late, 'has a heart to feel for the distresses of his fellow-creatures when they are behind a cloud, and a head to plan, and a hand to —— in short, a general ability to dispose of such available property as could be made away with.'†
Chpt 10-12
- My face, neck, and hands, from unaccustomed exposure to the air and sun, were burnt to a berry-brown.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- There was a certain richness in his complexion, which I had been long accustomed, under Peggotty's tuition, to connect with port wine; and I fancied it was in his voice too, and referred his growing corpulency to the same cause.†
Chpt 13-15
- I was expressing my satisfaction, when Mrs. Micawber came in; a little more slatternly than she used to be, or so she seemed now, to my unaccustomed eyes, but still with some preparation of herself for company, and with a pair of brown gloves on.†
Chpt 25-27
- 'Gentlemen of Mr. Spenlow's profession are accustomed to family differences, and know how complicated and difficult they always are!'†
Chpt 31-33
- She named no names, she said; let them the cap fitted, wear it; but spies, intruders, and informers, especially in widders' weeds (this clause was underlined), she had ever accustomed herself to look down upon.†
Chpt 34-36
- His papers were in a little confusion, in consequence of Mr. Jack Maldon having lately proffered his occasional services as an amanuensis, and not being accustomed to that occupation; but we should soon put right what was amiss, and go on swimmingly.†
Chpt 34-36
- I fondly explained to Dora that Jip should have his mutton-chop with his accustomed regularity.†
Chpt 37-39
- Arrived at Mr. Wickfield's house, I found, in the little lower room on the ground floor, where Uriah Heep had been of old accustomed to sit, Mr. Micawber plying his pen with great assiduity.†
Chpt 37-39
- I am a man quite unaccustomed to observe; and I cannot but believe that the observation of several people, of different ages and positions, all too plainly tending in one direction (and that so natural), is better than mine.'†
Chpt 40-42
- He had proudly resumed his privilege, in many of his spare hours, of walking up and down the garden with the Doctor; as he had been accustomed to pace up and down The Doctor's Walk at Canterbury.†
Chpt 40-42
- And it takes a long time to accustom Jip to his new residence, after we have bought it; whenever he goes in or out, he makes all the little bells ring, and is horribly frightened.†
Chpt 43-45
- I am only trying to show you, my dear, that you must — you really must' (I was resolved not to give this up) — 'accustom yourself to look after Mary Anne.†
Chpt 43-45
- And if you cannot, child,' here my aunt rubbed her nose, 'you must just accustom yourself to do without 'em.†
Chpt 43-45
- With this my aunt tied her head up in a handkerchief, with which she was accustomed to make a bundle of it on such occasions; and I escorted her home.†
Chpt 43-45
- I accustomed myself to giving her, as it were quite casually, little scraps of useful information, or sound opinion —— and she started from them when I let them off, as if they had been crackers.†
Chpt 46-48
- Mr. T. will not require me to depict my feelings, when I inform him that I have become accustomed to hear Mr. Micawber assert that he has sold himself to the D. Mystery and secrecy have long been his principal characteristic, have long replaced unlimited confidence.†
Chpt 49-51
- 'My sister, you see, she's that fond of you and yourn, and that accustomed to think on'y of her own country, that it wouldn't be hardly fair to let her go.†
Chpt 49-51
- When I lived at home with my papa and mama, my papa was accustomed to ask, when any point was under discussion in our limited circle, "In what light does my Emma view the subject?"†
Chpt 52-54
- Against such a sight, and against such determination as that of the calmly desperate man who was already accustomed to lead half the people present, I might as hopefully have entreated the wind.†
Chpt 55-57
- One might have supposed him a child of the wilderness, long accustomed to live out of the confines of civilization, and about to return to his native wilds.†
Chpt 55-57
- It was such a strange scene to me, and so confined and dark, that, at first, I could make out hardly anything; but, by degrees, it cleared, as my eyes became more accustomed to the gloom, and I seemed to stand in a picture by OSTADE.†
Chpt 55-57
- For a long time, though studying and working patiently, I had accustomed myself to robust exercise.†
Chpt 58-60
- It was nothing, now, that I had accustomed myself to think of her, when we were both mere children, as one who was far removed from my wild fancies.†
Chpt 58-60
- 'Well, sir,' he returned, in his slow way, 'it's more than I am accustomed to; but I can't deny myself the pleasure of your conversation.†
Chpt 58-60
- It was a pleasant key to touch, for Mr. Peggotty suddenly burst into a roar of laughter, and rubbed his hands up and down his legs, as he had been accustomed to do when he enjoyed himself in the long-shipwrecked boat.†
Chpt 63-64
- Always with her, here comes Peggotty, my good old nurse, likewise in spectacles, accustomed to do needle-work at night very close to the lamp, but never sitting down to it without a bit of wax candle, a yard-measure in a little house, and a work-box with a picture of St. Paul's upon the lid.†
Chpt 63-64
Definition:
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(accustom) to make someone used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)editor's notes: In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something.