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homely
[ hohm-lee ]
adjective
- lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive:
a homely child.
- not having elegance, refinement, or cultivation.
- proper or suited to the home or to ordinary domestic life; plain; unpretentious:
homely food.
- commonly seen or known.
homely
/ ˈhəʊmlɪ /
adjective
- characteristic of or suited to the ordinary home; unpretentious
- of a person
- warm and domesticated in manner or appearance
- plain or ugly
Derived Forms
- ˈhomeliness, noun
Other Words From
- homeli·ness noun
- over·homeli·ness noun
- over·homely adjective
- un·homeli·ness noun
- un·homely adjective
Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The homely original 1999 Honda Insight hybrid-electric is the appearance they sought to avoid.
The Ugly Duckling, by Martha StewartI recently helped a homely little bird transform herself into a beautiful swan.
I resolve to only go out with plain or even rather homely girls.
Up From Slavery is a book written in a direct style, using a simple vocabulary and homely humor.
Others this season stood by their affection for homely beauty and baroque extravagance.
When she had a makeover in August 2009, those who fell in love with the homely homebody almost had a collective breakdown.
"Men who are viewed as being below average or homely are penalized" when it comes to wages.
She was a homely woman, with a small weazened face and body and eyes that glowed.
Even Tim, so fine and big, had in this homely, lanky man a rival well worth watching.
She felt very sorrowful as she smoothed the homely garments, and placed them in a small leathern trunk.
The homely but substantial dinner was smoking on the table, and Joe's wife was already in her place at the head of the board.
Keep her there; for nature plainly intended her for a homely woman—Didst ever quarrel with her before marriage?
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