All 12 Uses of
accustomed
in
The Awakening
- She was growing accustomed to like shocks, but she could not keep the mounting color back from her cheeks.
Chpt 4accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- She was not accustomed to an outward and spoken expression of affection, either in herself or in others.
Chpt 7 *
- She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor.
Chpt 7unaccustomed = not used tostandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomed means not and reverses the meaning of accustomed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- But to her unaccustomed vision the stretch of water behind her assumed the aspect of a barrier which her unaided strength would never be able to overcome.
Chpt 10
- She had all her life long been accustomed to harbor thoughts and emotions which never voiced themselves.
Chpt 16accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- She grew accustomed to him.†
Chpt 26
- Edna drew her down upon the sofa, and taking a pin from her own hair, secured the shabby artificial flowers in their accustomed place.†
Chpt 26
- There was the shock of the unexpected and the unaccustomed.
Chpt 28unaccustomed = unusualstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomed means not and reverses the meaning of accustomed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- The effect of the wine upon Victor was to change his accustomed volubility into silence.†
Chpt 30
- You must have forgotten the hours and hours at Grand Isle in which we grew accustomed to each other and used to being together."†
Chpt 34
- He was accustomed to them at such times, and was too well convinced of her loyalty to doubt it.†
Chpt 37
- Edna had found her old bathing suit still hanging, faded, upon its accustomed peg.
Chpt 39accustomed = usual
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.