accustomedness

Example Sentences

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Yet afterwards, when accustomedness had brought its reward of speed, there was still for Billy no time; for increased knowledge had only opened the way to other paths, untrodden and alluring.

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

What impressed me was the evident accustomedness of both driver and horses to this method of working down a hill.

From Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Now, if a man were to say woof to you unexpectedly, even in the formality of an Italian garden or the accustomedness of a city street, you would be somewhat startled.

From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward

He was working faithfully, but not with the skill of accustomedness.

From Oh, Money! Money! by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

As she talked to him he realized that her simple accustomedness to English village life and all its accompaniments of county surroundings would teach him anything and everything he might want to know.

From T. Tembarom by Burnett, Frances Hodgson