About The Word Homely
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Homely
Homely Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Homely?
[adj] lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
[adj] having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; "the homely everyday atmosphere"; "a homey little inn" [adj] without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners" [adj] plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare" Synonyms | Synonyms for Homely: comfortable | comfy | homelike | homey | homy | inelegant | plain | unattractive Related Terms | Find terms related to Homely: affable | amiable | ascetic | Attic | austere | Babbittish | bald | bare | baseborn | basic | beautiless | below the salt | blemished | blotted | Bohemian | bourgeois | cacophonic | cacophonous | campy | candid | casual | chaste | cheerful | classic | classical | cockney | comfortable | comfy | commodious | common | commonplace | congenial | contented | convenient | cordial | cosy | cozy | cushioned | cushiony | cushy | defaced | degage | direct | disfigured | domestic | dry | dull | dysphemistic | dysphemized | easeful | easy | easygoing | elementary | essential | everyday | familiar | folksy | frank | free and easy | friendly | fundamental | garden | garden-variety | general | gracious | haymish | high-camp | homelike | homespun | homey | homish | homogeneous | household | humble | humble-looking | humblest | humble-visaged | ill-favored | indivisible | inelegant | informal | inglorious | innocuous | intimate | irreducible | irregular | kitschy | lean | least | lived-in | loose | low | lowborn | lowbred | low-camp | lowest | lowliest | lowly | luxurious | marred | matter-of-fact | mean | mere | modest | monolithic | natural | neat | nonclerical | nondescript | of a piece | offhand | offhanded | open | ordinary | peaceful | Philistine | plain | plain-speaking | plain-spoken | plebeian | poor | pop | popular | primal | primary | prosaic | prosing | prosy | public | pure | pure and simple | relaxed | relaxing | reposeful | restful | roomy | rude | rustic | serene | severe | shabby-genteel | short on looks | simon-pure | simple | simple-speaking | single | small | snug | sober | sociable | soft | spare | Spartan | spoiled | stark | straightforward | teachable | third-estate | tranquil | uglified | ugly | ugly as hell | ugly as sin | unadorned | unaesthetic | unaffected | unalluring | unassuming | unattractive | unbeauteous | unbeautiful | unceremonious | uncluttered | uncomely | unconstrained | unconventional | undifferenced | undifferentiated | undistinguished | unelaborate | ungarnished | ungenteel | unhandsome | uniform | unimaginative | unimportant | unlovely | unofficial | unornamented | unostentatious | unpleasing | unpoetical | unpretending | unpretentious | unpretty | unsightly | unsophisticated | unstudied | unvarnished | vernacular | vulgar | warm | workaday | workday See Also | Homely In Webster's Dictionary \Home"ly\, a. [Compar. {Homelier}; superl. {Homeliest}.]
[From {Home}, n.]
1. Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home;
domestic; familiar; intimate. [Archaic]
With all these men I was right homely, and communed
with, them long and oft. --Foxe.
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure. --Gray.
2. Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a
homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely
manners.
Now Strephon daily entertains His Chloe in the
homeliest strains. --Pope.
3. Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; -- contrary to
{handsome}.
None so homely but loves a looking-glass. --South.
\Home"ly\, adv. Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed. [R.] --Spenser. |
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