All 17 Uses
accustomed
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Jane Eyre
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- Accustomed to John Reed's abuse, I never had an idea of replying to it; my care was how to endure the blow which would certainly follow the insult.†
p. 13.2accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- This state of things should have been to me a paradise of peace, accustomed as I was to a life of ceaseless reprimand and thankless fagging; but, in fact, my racked nerves were now in such a state that no calm could soothe, and no pleasure excite them agreeably.†
p. 25.5
- As yet I had spoken to no one, nor did anybody seem to take notice of me; I stood lonely enough: but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed; it did not oppress me much.†
p. 58.6 *
- At first, being little accustomed to learn by heart, the lessons appeared to me both long and difficult; the frequent change from task to task, too, bewildered me; and I was glad when, about three o'clock in the afternoon, Miss Smith put into my hands a border of muslin two yards long, together with needle, thimble, &c.†
p. 63.6
- You are aware that my plan in bringing up these girls is, not to accustom them to habits of luxury and indulgence, but to render them hardy, patient, self-denying.†
p. 75.1accustom = to make someone used to something
- With earliest day, I was up: I had my advertisement written, enclosed, and directed before the bell rang to rouse the school; it ran thus: "A young lady accustomed to tuition" (had I not been a teacher two years?)†
p. 103.7accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Everything appeared very stately and imposing to me; but then I was so little accustomed to grandeur.†
p. 117.9
- I understood her very well, for I had been accustomed to the fluent tongue of Madame Pierrot.†
p. 121.1
- True: no doubt he may appear so to a stranger, but I am so accustomed to his manner, I never think of it; and then, if he has peculiarities of temper, allowance should be made.†
p. 149.5
- Gentlemen in his station are not accustomed to marry their governesses.†
p. 306.3
- I shall keep out of your way all day, as I have been accustomed to do: you may send for me in the evening, when you feel disposed to see me, and I'll come then; but at no other time.†
p. 311.8
- I see you can say nothing in the first place, you are faint still, and have enough to do to draw your breath; in the second place, you cannot yet accustom yourself to accuse and revile me, and besides, the flood-gates of tears are opened, and they would rush out if you spoke much; and you have no desire to expostulate, to upbraid, to make a scene: you are thinking how TO ACT — TALKING you consider is of no use.†
p. 346.1accustom = to make someone used to something
- These opinions he delivered in a few words, in a quiet, low voice; and added, after a pause, in the tone of a man little accustomed to expansive comment, "Rather an unusual physiognomy; certainly, not indicative of vulgarity or degradation."†
p. 390.4accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- First, then, tell me what you have been accustomed to do, and what you CAN do.†
p. 398.5
- There was an enjoyment in accepting their simple kindness, and in repaying it by a consideration — a scrupulous regard to their feelings — to which they were not, perhaps, at all times accustomed, and which both charmed and benefited them; because, while it elevated them in their own eyes, it made them emulous to merit the deferential treatment they received.†
p. 423.1
- He drew over the picture the sheet of thin paper on which I was accustomed to rest my hand in painting, to prevent the cardboard from being sullied.†
p. 433.6
- I showed him the volume on the shelf: he took it down, and withdrawing to his accustomed window recess, he began to read it.†
p. 453.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(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)In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)