What does accustomed mean?

Definitions for accustomed
əˈkʌs təmdac·cus·tomed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. accustomedadjective

    (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to

    "accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown accustomed to her face"

  2. accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)adjective

    commonly used or practiced; usual

    "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor"

Wiktionary

  1. accustomedadjective

    Familiar through use; usual; customary.

  2. accustomedadjective

    Inured to; adapted to existing conditions.

  3. accustomedadjective

    Frequented by customers

  4. Etymology: accustom + -ed

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Accustomed

    According to custom; frequent; usual.

    Etymology: from accustom.

    Look how she rubs her hands. ———— It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus washing her hands: I have known her continue in this a quarter of an hour. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

ChatGPT

  1. accustomed

    Accustomed refers to being familiar with or used to something due to regular exposure or experience. It often implies a level of normality or comfort with a situation, action, or environment that was achieved through continual or repeated experiences. It can also mean typically or usually.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Accustomed

    of Accustom

  2. Accustomedadjective

    familiar through use; usual; customary

  3. Accustomedadjective

    frequented by customers

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of accustomed in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of accustomed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of accustomed in a Sentence

  1. Alexis de Tocqueville:

    Born often under another sky, placed in the middle of an always moving scene, himself driven by the irresistible torrent which draws all about him, the American has no time to tie himself to anything, he grows accustomed only to change, and ends by regarding it as the natural state of man. He feels the need of it, more he loves it; for the instability; instead of meaning disaster to him, seems to give birth only to miracles all about him.

  2. Donald Trump:

    It is deeply regrettable that the U.S. has been capricious, escalated the tensions, and provoked a trade war, the U.S. is accustomed to holding 'big sticks' for negotiations, but this approach does not apply to China.

  3. Clare Levison:

    Your child may be able to live on their own, just not in the lifestyle they’re accustomed to. Things look different when you’re starting out.

  4. Patricia Rockman:

    You're really just attending to the sensation of walking, once you become accustomed to it, you could use this when you're walking anywhere.

  5. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

    The time for squeezing, squeezing, squeezing is over, we're going to need to look at our fundamental defense strategy and our national security strategy and ask ourselves difficult questions about what we can't do or can't do to the extent this country has become accustomed.

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    out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance
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