homeliest
- superlative of homely.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, as the play begins, Peg Smith, whose name alone lets you know she’s plain and real, stands cracking eggs at her kitchen island to make the homeliest food ever devised: zucchini bread.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2023
The homeliest dish on the menu — sepia-toned braised chicken — is among the best in part because of the swell of cream, morel mushrooms and vin jaune enveloping the tender chicken.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023
Perhaps the homeliest, certainly the longest and toughest of Open venues, Carnoustie is a no-holds-barred layout intended to test the best.
From Golf Digest • Jan. 11, 2018
Whittier remains a minor writer, but his homeliest and most original work helped bring about the long-lived triumph of American vernacular verse.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2012
Orr was one of the homeliest freaks Yossarian had ever encountered, and one of the most attractive.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
