accustomed

American  

[uh-kuhs-tuhmd] / əˈkʌs təmd /

adjective

1. customary; usual; habitual.

   in their accustomed manner.

   Synonyms:

   regular, normal, characteristic

   Antonyms:

   unusual

2. habituated; acclimated (usually followed byto ).

   accustomed to staying up late; accustomed to the noise of the subway.

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accustomed British  

/ əˈkʌstəmd /

adjective

1. usual; customary

2. used or inured (to)

3. in the habit (of)

   accustomed to walking after meals

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Other Word Forms

• accustomedly adverb
• accustomedness noun
• half-accustomed adjective
• well-accustomed adjective

Etymology

Origin of accustomed

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; accustom, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Unless there’s some outside push — like a new competitor — businesses will not cut prices that customers have grown accustomed to paying, she said.

From MarketWatch

Retail investors, however, are accustomed to trading out of investments whenever they choose.

From The Wall Street Journal

And that is tricky—especially compared with a platform like Uber, which is well accustomed to using pricing and software to adjust its fleet of drivers to match times of peak and low demand.

From The Wall Street Journal

After years of insurgencies, residents in eastern Congo are accustomed to food shortages, inflation and destitution.

From The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. plans have generated considerable skepticism in a place not accustomed to good news.

From Los Angeles Times

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