All 4 Uses of
accustomed
in
The Age of Innocence
- As for the cause of the commotion, she sat gracefully in her corner of the box, her eyes fixed on the stage, and revealing, as she leaned forward, a little more shoulder and bosom than New York was accustomed to seeing, at least in ladies who had reasons for wishing to pass unnoticed.†
Chpt 2accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- But these pictures bewildered him, for they were like nothing that he was accustomed to look at (and therefore able to see) when he travelled in Italy; and perhaps, also, his powers of observation were impaired by the oddness of finding himself in this strange empty house, where apparently no one expected him.†
Chpt 9
- Louisa and I are very fond of our cousin—but it's hopeless to expect people who are accustomed to the European courts to trouble themselves about our little republican distinctions.†
Chpt 10
- When he entered the drawing-room before dinner May was stooping over the fire and trying to coax the logs to burn in their unaccustomed setting of immaculate tiles.†
Chpt 33 *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.
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.