All 3 Uses
accustomed
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BoneMan's Daughters
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- I have to admit, I'm not accustomed to interviewing an intelligence officer who spends his time reading between the lines.†
Chpt 13 *accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Crows made their homes in crow's nests, and Evans, an intelligence officer who was accustomed to speaking in code, was telling him that he would wait for him at a place called Crow's Nest.†
Chpt 22
- His cotton slacks were held up by a black belt that was cinched tight just below his belly button, higher than she was accustomed to seeing except on older men, and he wasn't old.†
Chpt 33
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)