familiar

familiar
adj.
1 well-known
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound

The place felt faintly familiar to me.

become
make sth
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
awfully

His face looked awfully familiar.

entirely
increasingly
faintly, reasonably, vaguely
enough

The report's conclusions were already familiar enough to the government.

already
immediately, instantly

His face was instantly familiar, even after all those years.

somehow

a name that was somehow familiar

curiously, eerily, oddly, strangely

Her face looked strangely familiar.

comfortingly

The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and comfortingly familiar.

all too, depressingly, hauntingly (esp. AmE), horribly (esp. BrE), painfully, sickeningly

a situation which has become all too familiar to most teachers

PREPOSITION
to

The name sounded vaguely familiar to her.

2 familiar with sth having a good knowledge of sth
VERBS
be, seem
become, get, grow

I was now getting much more familiar with the local area.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
intimately
completely, fully, thoroughly

You will need to be thoroughly familiar with our procedures.

overly

I'm not overly familiar with these issues.

increasingly
reasonably
remotely

Anyone even remotely familiar with Germany knows that beer plays a significant role in its culture.

already
Familiar is used with these nouns: ↑ache, ↑complaint, ↑dilemma, ↑example, ↑face, ↑feeling, ↑figure, ↑ground, ↑image, ↑landmark, ↑melody, ↑name, ↑object, ↑odour, ↑pang, ↑pattern, ↑phrase, ↑refrain, ↑routine, ↑scenario, ↑scene, ↑scent, ↑sensation, ↑shape, ↑sight, ↑smell, ↑sound, ↑story, ↑surroundings, ↑tale, ↑terrain, ↑territory, ↑theme, ↑tune, ↑turf, ↑voice

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