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accustomed
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  • "Because my eyes are not yet accustomed to the desert," the boy said.  (source)
    accustomed to = adapted or adjusted
  • People aren't accustomed to seeing large animals that are so quick.  (source)
    accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
  • 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)
  • I was so accustomed by this time to lavish surroundings that the shabbiness of the Suruya surprised me.  (source)
  • The unaccustomed smoothness of silk against my skin makes me feel lithe and graceful.†  (source)
    unaccustomed = not used to
    standard 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.
  • 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.
  • You have to accustom yourself to thinking that way.†  (source)
    accustom = to make someone used to something
  • 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.
  • That constantly saying what one doesn't mean accustoms the mouth to meaningless phrases.†  (source)
    accustoms = gets used to
  • accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity;†  (source)
    accustoming = getting used to
  • 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 something
    standard 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.
  • He felt unaccustomedly bold and lighthearted; the arrival of Elisha had caused his mood to change.†  (source)
    unaccustomedly = in an unusual manner
    standard 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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