FAMILIAR


Meaning of FAMILIAR in English

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If someone or something is ~ to you, you recognize them or know them well.

He talked of other cultures as if they were more ~ to him than his own...

They are already ~ faces on our TV screens.

...the ~ names of long-established local firms.

ADJ: oft ADJ to n

~ity

Tony was unnerved by the uncanny ~ity of her face.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you are ~ with something, you know or understand it well.

Lesinko is quite ~ with Central Television. He worked there for 25 years...

ADJ: v-link ADJ with n

~ity

The enemy would always have the advantage of ~ity with the rugged terrain.

N-UNCOUNT: usu N with n

3.

If someone you do not know well behaves in a ~ way towards you, they treat you very informally in a way that you might find offensive.

The driver of that taxi-cab seemed to me ~ to the point of impertinence...

ADJ disapproval

~ity

She needed to control her surprise at the easy ~ity with which her host greeted the head waiter.

N-UNCOUNT

~ly

‘Gerald, isn’t it?’ I began ~ly.

ADV

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