VERBS
- be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound
- The place felt faintly familiar to me
- become
- make sth
ADV
- distinctly, very
- The room looked distinctly familiar
- entirely
- increasingly
- faintly, fairly, quite, rather, reasonably, slightly, 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, disconcertingly, oddly, strangely
- Her face looked strangely familiar
- blessedly, comfortingly
- The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar
- all too, depressingly, horribly, painfully, sickeningly
- a situation which has become all too familiar to most teachers
PREP
- to
- The name sounded vaguely familiar to her
VERBS
- be, seem
- become, get, grow
- I was now getting much more familiar with the local area
ADV
- extremely, intimately, very
- completely, fully, perfectly, thoroughly
- You will need to be thoroughly familiar with our procedures
- increasingly
- fairly, pretty, quite, reasonably
- already