accustomedness

Example Sentences

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Sailors on a Nova Scotia freight schooner, five days out, sit around in the evening glow and take a pipe and a chat with the same homely accustomedness, as if they were at a tavern.

From Golden Lads by Gleason, Arthur

Now that the novelty had become accustomedness, and the conquering a surety, Billy discovered that she had a back that could ache, and limbs that, at times, could almost refuse to move from weariness.

From Miss Billy — Married by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

Suppose, Bel," she added, with enchanting confidence and accustomedness, "we were to have a cup of coffee with the oysters?

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)

It was with the light and adroit touch of accustomedness to all orders of little situations that his grace took the matter in hand, with a shade, also, of amiable malice.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

A certain spirited undulation in her walk, a seeming gay, frank indifference to her position in life, an obvious accustomedness to polite surroundings took his fancy.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore