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In the United States we're accustomed to forming our own opinion about the promises of advertisements and politicians.accustomed to = used to (have adapted to and have an expectation of)
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When her eyes grew accustomed to the dark, she saw him standing in the corner.accustomed to = adapted
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Actors and politicians are accustomed to less privacy than the rest of us.accustomed to = used to (have adapted to and have an expectation of)
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"Because my eyes are not yet accustomed to the desert," the boy said. (source)accustomed to = adapted or adjusted
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People aren't accustomed to seeing large animals that are so quick. (source)accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
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They had seen continuous change and were accustomed to it, but here it seemed shocking and sad. (source)
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It is hardest on adults who move here and are not accustomed to the agricultural dust. (source)accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
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I was so accustomed by this time to lavish surroundings that the shabbiness of the Suruya surprised me. (source)
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The unaccustomed smoothness of silk against my skin makes me feel lithe and graceful.† (source)unaccustomed = 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.
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Unaccustomed to seeing so many of our fellow countrymen in one place, my parents started mingling feverishly, discovering friends of friends and long-forgotten colleagues.† (source)Unaccustomed to = not used to (not adapted to something, so it seems normal)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomed to means not and reverses the meaning of accustomed to. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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You have to accustom yourself to thinking that way.† (source)accustom = to make someone used to something
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He answer thus return'd: "Wherefore in dotage wanders thus thy mind, Not so accustom'd?† (source)accustom'd = to be or to become used to (adapted to and with an expectation of)unconventional spelling: This is spelled accustomed more commonly.
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That constantly saying what one doesn't mean accustoms the mouth to meaningless phrases.† (source)accustoms = gets used to
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accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity;† (source)accustoming = getting used to
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But this meant that I had disaccustomed myself to thinking of the man who had been the Scholarly Attorney as my father.† (source)disaccustomed = became unadapted to something; or to lost an expectation of somethingstandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disaccustomed reverses the meaning of accustomed. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
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He felt unaccustomedly bold and lighthearted; the arrival of Elisha had caused his mood to change.† (source)unaccustomedly = in an unusual mannerstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccustomedly means not and reverses the meaning of accustomedly. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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