All 6 Uses of
accustomed
in
The Idiot
- As for the houses—a Russian can't live in them in the winter until he gets accustomed to them.†
Chpt 1.2accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Mrs. Epanchin, long accustomed to her husband's infidelities, had heard of the pearls, and the rumour excited her liveliest curiosity and interest.†
Chpt 1.4
- I don't think he requires a napkin under his chin, after all; are you accustomed to having one on, prince?†
Chpt 1.5 *
- He thought it infra dig, and did not quite like appearing in society afterwards—that society in which he had been accustomed to pose up to now as a young man of rather brilliant prospects.†
Chpt 1.8
- He had calculated upon her eventual love, and tried to tempt her with a lavish outlay upon comforts and luxuries, knowing too well how easily the heart accustoms itself to comforts, and how difficult it is to tear one's self away from luxuries which have become habitual and, little by little, indispensable.†
Chpt 1.13accustoms = gets used to
- But now his eyes had become so far accustomed to the darkness that he could distinguish the whole of the bed.†
Chpt 4.11accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
Definition:
to make someone used to something
(used to is an expression that means someone has adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)
(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.