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