All 14 Uses of
accustomed
in
The Namesake
- For the hours that Gogol is at nursery school, finger-painting and learning the English alphabet, Ashima is despondent, unaccustomed, all over again, to being on her own.†
Chpt 3
- I assure you he will grow accustomed.
Chpt 3accustomed = used to something (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Though Ashima continues to wear nothing but saris and sandals from Bata, Ashoke, accustomed to wearing tailor-made pants and shirts all his life, learns to buy ready-made.†
Chpt 3
- For when Ashima and Ashoke close their eyes it never fails to unsettle them, that their children sound just like Americans, expertly conversing in a language that still at times confounds them, in accents they are accustomed not to trust.†
Chpt 3
- In the programs of the school Christmas plays, the parents are accustomed to seeing his name among the cast.†
Chpt 3
- Gogol is accustomed to the scenery, yet he still stares, at the short, dark men pulling rickshaws and the crumbling buildings side by side with fretwork balconies, hammers and sickles painted on their facades.†
Chpt 4
- They are unaccustomed, after all these months, to being just the four of them.†
Chpt 4
- The students, accustomed to this routine, begin talking among themselves.†
Chpt 4
- He tries it in various styles, his hand unaccustomed to the angles of the N, the dotting of the two i's.
Chpt 5unaccustomed to = not used to (not adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)
- And suddenly the sound of his pet name, uttered by his father as he has been accustomed to hearing it all his life, means something completely new, bound up with a catastrophe he has unwittingly embodied for years.
Chpt 5accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
- Gogol is unaccustomed to this sort of talk at mealtimes, to the indulgent ritual of the lingering meal, and the pleasant aftermath of bottles and crumbs and empty glasses that clutter the table.†
Chpt 6
- He is accustomed to people asking about the poverty, about the beggars and the heat.†
Chpt 6
- He is unaccustomed to the banality of domestic flights, the narrow cabin, the single bag he's packed, small enough to stow overhead.
Chpt 7unaccustomed to = not used to (not adapted to something, so it does not seem unusual)
- He is accustomed to obeying her, to taking her advice.
Chpt 7 *accustomed to = used to (adapted to something, so it seems normal)
Definition:
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(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)editor's notes: In professional environments, you may make a better impression by saying one is accustomed to something rather than one is used to something.