All 7 Uses
accustomed
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Edited)
- We are accustomed to a good deal in the billets, but this makes us feel faint.
p. 13.8accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- But we soon accustomed ourselves to it.
p. 22.8accustomed = adapted
- I wait a few moments to accustom my eyes to the darkness.
p. 91.8accustom = allow something to adapt
- The birds too are just as carefree, they have long since accustomed themselves to the war.
p. 128.1 *accustomed = adapted
- They give us a thin soup which we spoon down greedily and scornfully, because we are accustomed to better times but are hungry all the same.
p. 242.1accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- After a few hours I am no longer the only one, and by morning we are quite accustomed to it and ask for what we want without any false modesty.
p. 249.2
- We have almost grown accustomed to it; war is a cause of death like cancer and tuberculosis, like influenza and dysentery.
p. 271.4
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)